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By now you’ve heard of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), the panelized wood product that’s providing the backbone for mid-rise towers in Europe and Canada, and getting those of us in the Pacific Northwest anxious for timber creations of our own.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA /
Brock Commons
Construction is almost complete at the University of British Columbia for an 18-story Brock Commons Student Residence (previously called Tall Wood Building). At 173 feet (53 m) tall, with housing for 404 students, it will be the tallest mass wood hybrid building in the world.
Acton Ostry Architects
(Image courtesy of the University of British Columbia)
PULLMAN, WA / Washington State University PACCAR Environmental Technology Building
In addition to using CLT in its construction, the WSU PACCAR Building is equipped to test timber/wood products and conduct structural experiments in the impressive “showcase bar” and high-bay area. The space features a reaction floor and wall as well as a bridge crane.
LMN Architects, Coughlin Porter Lundeen
AMSTERDAM / HAUT
Expected to make its debut on the Amsterdam skyline in late 2017, Haut should become the world’s tallest wooden-framed building. It will stand at 21 stories and 239.5 feet (73 m).
Team V Architectuur
(Image courtesy of Team V Architectuur)
LONDON, ENGLAND / Oakwood Tower
England’s PLP Architecture and University of Cambridge researchers have proposed the Oakland Tower, which at 984 feet (300 m), would dwarf Amsterdam’s HAUT. “We’ve put our proposals as a way to imagine what the future of construction could look like in the 21st century,” said Michael Ramage, who heads up the Cambridge University team. At 80-stories, the structure would form part of the Barbican estate and would create more 1,000 new residential units.
PLP Architecture, Smith and Wallwork Engineers
(Image courtesy of PLP Architecture)
PORTLAND, OREGON / Framework
Likely to be the tallest mass timber building in the U.S., Framework is a 12-story mixed use building featuring ground-level retail, five levels of office, five levels of housing, and rooftop amenity space. It is one of two projects that received funding as part of the 2015 U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition.
LEVER Architecture
(Image courtesy of Next Portland)
STOCKHOLM / Trätoppen
Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled conceptual plans for Stockholm’s tallest building: a 436-foot (133 m) wooden skyscraper covered in numbers, which would be erected on top of a 1960s car park in the city center.
Anders Berensson Architects
(Image courtesy of Anders Berensson Architects)
FINLAND / Puukuokka
Winner of the prestigious Finlandia Prize for Architecture, Puukuokka was designed by Finnish studio OOPEAA for housing developer Lakea Oy. According to architect and studio founder Anssi Lassila, it is the tallest wooden apartment block in the country and one of the first high-rise examples of prefabricated CLT construction in the world.
OOPEAA
(Image courtesy of Mikko Auerniitty and dezeen magazine)
PARIS, FRANCE / Baobab
Michael Green Architecture (MGA) and DVVD have teamed up with REI France developments to propose the tallest wood building in Paris. The carbon-neutral proposal, developed as part of the city’s innovative Réinventer Paris competition, aims to alleviate the city’s urban housing challenges.
Michael Green Architecture (MGA) and DVVD
(Image courtesy of Michael Green Architecture (MGA)
Cross-Laminated Timber around the world. ^
It’s an elegant solution, but it’s not all-encompassing or right for every program. It must be chosen with intention, and with the right team to back it up.
Women’s Protection Center (WPC) Hetauda House - Hetauda, Nepal
Medical Clinic - Raghogarh, India
TUKWILA LIBRARY
Perkins+Will / King County Library System / Tukwila, WA
SOUTHPORT ON LAKE WASHINGTON
MG2, ZGF, Mithun / SECO Development / Renton, WA