Construction of the world's tallest timber tower is underway in Vancouver

[Plazma Inferno!]

Construction is underway in Vancouver for the world’s tallest timber tower by Acton Ostry Architects. The 18-story Brock Commons Student Residence at the University of British Columbia, which began construction in November 2015, will be completed in the summer of 2017. At 53 meters tall, with housing for 404 students, it will be the tallest mass wood hybrid building in the world. The structure’s two freestanding concrete cores will be completed by the end of May, after which, the erection of the mass wood structure will take place.

http://www.archdaily.com/787673/con...tallest-timber-tower-is-underway-in-vancouver

 

[Walter L. Wagner]

Construction is underway in Vancouver for the world’s tallest timber tower by Acton Ostry Architects. The 18-story Brock Commons Student Residence at the University of British Columbia, which began construction in November 2015, will be completed in the summer of 2017. At 53 meters tall, with housing for 404 students, it will be the tallest mass wood hybrid building in the world. The structure’s two freestanding concrete cores will be completed by the end of May, after which, the erection of the mass wood structure will take place.

http://www.archdaily.com/787673/con...tallest-timber-tower-is-underway-in-vancouver

This looks well-engineered. We should see more of this in the future.