Urban Evolutions joins Cambium, bringing 27 years of responsibly sourced architectural wood to the company building the modern market for wood
The acquisition pairs Urban Evolutions' interior products expertise, product innovation and national client list with Cambium's technology and supply network for sourcing and specifying wood.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambium, the technology and materials company that is building the modern market for wood, today announced that Urban Evolutions, a leader in responsibly-sourced wood interiors, has joined the company. Cambium supplies domestically sourced wood products nationwide through a network of local mills and suppliers, and is building the technology to modernize how wood is sourced, specified and bought. With Urban Evolutions, architects, designers and builders can now source wood for an entire building, from the exterior cladding to the feature wall, through a single partner.
For 27 years Urban Evolutions has designed and manufactured customized wood products for commercial, retail and residential interior projects, including dimensional wall paneling, flooring and architectural veneer made from reclaimed, urban and select-harvest wood, and Tribal wood from Tribal Nations' timber harvests. Its work includes LinkedIn's LEED Gold Omaha campus and Sunnyvale offices and OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters, all with Gensler, and Harvard's One Milestone life science complex with Studio Gang and Henning Larsen. In retail, it has supplied wood for Nike's SoHo store and URBN, the parent of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People, including its headquarters and more than 600 stores.
Designers and architects specify Urban Evolutions for material with a documented story, healthy interior products and performance on the job. That demand is growing as project teams design for sustainability and lower-carbon buildings.
Cambium is connecting and modernizing the wood economy. It has developed the technology that efficiently coordinates local suppliers nationwide so buyers can source domestic, next-generation materials with the transparency and scale that today's projects demand. Its portfolio spans exterior cladding, decking, thermally modified and fire-resistant wood, and structural products. Urban Evolutions brings Cambium its first full interiors offering, with a depth in paneling, flooring, and tabletops the portfolio has not had before.
"We are building the future of wood: a national supply network and the technology to make finding and buying the right material as easy as it should be. Urban Evolutions has been doing this work at the highest level for 27 years, for the same architects and designers we serve. Together we can now supply an entire building, interiors and exteriors, and give project teams one place to get it right," said Ben Christensen, co-founder and CEO of Cambium.
"For nearly three decades we have asked our clients to see building materials as a finite resource, and Cambium was built on that same belief. We chose Cambium because it gives our clients more products, local expertise in more markets, and one relationship for an entire project. Our clients have put our work into some of the country's best-known spaces, and this partnership gives that work a bigger audience. Our team, our name and the way we work stay the same. It is the right home for the business and for the people who have built it with me," said Robin Janson, founder of Urban Evolutions.
About Urban Evolutions
Urban Evolutions is a single source for responsibly-sourced, customized wood interiors, designed and manufactured in Appleton, Wisconsin for 27 years. Its dimensional wall paneling, flooring and veneer are specified by architects and designers for commercial, retail and residential projects nationwide. Learn more at urbanevolutions.com.
About Cambium
Cambium is the modern market for wood. We're connecting and modernizing the wood economy, pairing a national network of local suppliers with technology that helps buyers find next-gen materials with the transparency and scale that today's projects demand. Local everywhere, scaled nationally. In the past 18 months Cambium has grown from one office to six, with a team of more than 110 employees across the East Coast, West Coast and Midwest. Learn more at cambium.com.
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