Conceived of in close collaboration between Teeple Architects and the Structural Engineers, Fast + Epp, the pine beetle wood skeleton is joined by custom-designed and CNC-milled Douglas fir nodes. These laminated confluence points were modeled precisely in 3D software so that the internal tensile steel hardware could be inserted during their fabrication in Structure Craft’s warehouse. Transported to site and joined in situ, the combination of local wood species creates an evocative spatial expression reminiscent of a primordial skeleton.