Design ShowcaseAged Care Facilities (1)Apartments (5)Asia (1)Australia (6)Building Types (10)Canada (2)Case Study (19)Europe (2)Event (1)Featured Post (14)General (1)Healthcare (2)Multi-storey Commercial (1)New Zealand (8)News (2)Post (12)Sporting Facilities (2)USA (3)Video (4)View All Limited Places Remain for the Ryman Healthcare CLT Construction-Stage Site TourPlaces are filling up fast for the exclusive site tour of Ryman Healthcare’s newest sustainably-built retirement village in Christchurch, Kevin Hickman village. Attendees will have the opportunity to see the…PostConstruction-Stage Site Tour of Largest Mass Timber Office Building in NZ – 90 Devonport RdMid-Rise Wood Construction is proud to host an exclusive construction-stage site tour of 90 Devonport Road, Tauranga. L.T. McGuiness are currently working with Willis Bond and Tauranga City Council to…PostFeatured PostCLT Construction-Stage Site Visit: Ryman HealthcareJoin us for an exclusive tour of Ryman Healthcare’s newest sustainably-built retirement village in Christchurch, Kevin Hickman village. Attendees will have the opportunity to see the innovative use of cross-laminated…PostFeatured PostEleven Upcoming Buildings with Mass-Timber StructuresA stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects and housing by Adjaye Associates feature in this roundup of upcoming wooden buildings, curated as part of Dezeen’s Timber Revolution series. Also featured on the list are towers,…PostFeatured PostInternationally-Renowned Architect Tours NZ“What if we were dedicated to building places that cause health?” A Lecture Series featuring Tye Farrow, an internationally-renowned architect from Canada Event Dates: Auckland, 17 Oct / Wellington, 18…PostThe Living PāThe Living Pā project represents an ambitious endeavour to transform Te Herenga Waka Marae, located on Kelburn Parade at Victoria University of Wellington, into a globally renowned hub of environmental…Case StudyFeatured PostNew ZealandLiving Pā – Open Day InstructionsIf you have registered to attend the ‘Living Pā – Open Day’ on Thursday, 5th October, please take the time to look over the run sheet, safety gear requirements, and…NewsPostThe Living Pā – Open DayWHEN: Thursday 5th October 2023, 3:00pm to 5:00pm The tour will commence with a brief presentation on Victoria Campus. Venue to be advised. Site tour followed by drinks and nibbles…PostFeatured PostKowhai Falls Case StudyKowhai Falls Retail Centre’s innovative and eco-friendly design includes the use of a mass timber structure made from New Zealand pine, including LVL (NelsonPine) and Glulam (Techlam). These materials significantly…Case StudyFeatured PostNew ZealandAUT A1 Building TourSite visit of AUT’s A1 building. Using an innovative, post-tensioned LVL timber structure, A1 is the most energy efficient site on campus. Event Details: AUT’s A1 building, set for completion…PostFeatured PostKowhai Falls, Warkworth – Site TourEvent Details: This event is run by the Mid-Rise Wood Construction Programme. The Warehouse group’s latest development ‘Kowhai Falls’ in Warkworth is the most energy efficient building the group has…PostFeatured PostRed Stag Timber Case StudiesRed Stag has completed, or is in the process of completing, 7 large timber buildings as part of Red Stag’s manufacturing site. Key building metrics, design and images have been…Case StudyFeatured PostNew ZealandNew Event: 7 Mass Timber Industrial Buildings – Site TourDate: 23 February 2023 | Location: Waipa industrial complex, Rotorua This is your chance to explore 7 different industrial and warehouse building designs and visit 5 of the completed structures…Featured PostNew Series of Seminars and Site Visits Announced for NovemberMid-Rise Wood Construction is bringing you a new series of 3 seminars across the South Island. Jason Cordes of Red Stag TimberLab will be leading the site visits, networking, and…Featured PostEventWorld’s Tallest Timber Residential Building: Hear first-hand from the Danish ArchitectPlaces at the Mid-Rise Wood Construction event hosting Enlai Hooi, Global Head of Innovation at Schmidt Hammer Lassen, are quickly filling up. Recently Schmidt Hammer Lassen won an international competition to…Post‘HomeGround’ Case Study EventThe award winning Auckland City Mission ‘HomeGround’ building is the venue for a stand-alone Mass Timber Case Study seminar brought to you by Mid-Rise Wood Construction. This is a fantastic…PostWorld’s Tallest Timber Residential Building: Hear first-hand from the Danish ArchitectMid-Rise Wood Construction is pleased to welcome Enlai Hooi, Global Head of Innovation at Schmidt Hammer Lassen, to share inspiring insights into the project and to discuss the opportunities for urban…PostFeatured PostFree Open Days at Low-Carbon Demonstration Building for Design ProfessionalsIn mid-November, construction professionals and property developers are invited to attend site visits to the Clearwater Quays Apartments, a model building for low-carbon construction in Christchurch. Earlier this year, open…NewsArbora Residential Project: Montreal’s tallest wooden buildingLocated in Griffintown, Montreal, the 597,560-square-foot Arbora project aimed to offer 434 condo, townhouse, and rental units in 3 eight-story buildings all with a budget of $130 million CAD. A…ApartmentsCanadaCase StudyVideoCarbon Zero initiatives using WoodThe reality of climate change is now recognised by governments across the globe. Governments worldwide are acting to restrict and sequester greenhouse gases. Under the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand…GeneralNanyang Technological University, SingaporeAurecon is helping to bring one of the world’s largest mass engineered-timber buildings to life – The Nanyang Technological University Academic Building South in Singapore. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is a leader in adopting sustainable materials and innovative construction methods for its campus development. Its latest project, Academic Building South (ABS), is no different and will be built largely from Mass Engineered Timber (MET) to be the…AsiaCase StudyHo Ho Wien, Vienna, SwitzerlandThe 24-storey building, with its 84 meters, is one of the tallest wooden buildings in the world. The Hasslacher Group supplied 777 block-glued glulam columns of the highest strength class in visual quality. Furthermore, CLT wall elements with “Excellentsurface” were produced and further refined by means of a double surface treatment. In addition to this, all CLT elements were delivered with pre-installed windows and a vapour barrier.…Case StudyEuropeMjøstårne, NorwayMjøstårnet, a 18-storey mixed use full-timber building in Norway. Groundworks started in April 2017. Installation of timber structures started in September 2017, and the building was structurally topped out in…Building TypesCase StudyEuropeUSAT3 building Minnesota, USAT3, is the work of one of the mass timber moverment’s most leading lights – Micheal Green Architecture (MGA) from Vancouver, Canda Their new LEED Gold Certified mass timber office…Case StudyUSACarbon 12 Portland, Oregon, USAA boutique collection of 14 units, Carbon12 is a glass and timber showpiece located in Portland, Oregon. Its structure is assembled from prefabricated Structurlam GlulamPlus® beams and columns, and CrossLam®…Case StudyUSATallwood House – Brock Commons Student Residence, VancouverCurrently the single most well-known and iconic tall timber building and most well-documented project this 18-storey building at the University of British Columbia was completed with support from the Canadian…ApartmentsCanadaCase StudyVideoPrimary School, AustraliaTTW developed an innovative design for a Catholic Primary School built in Sydney, Australia, in 2018. A full storey depth steel Vierendeel truss system was designed to support the glulam…AustraliaCase StudyMonash Business School, MelbourneThe Monash CLT vertical extension was the first CLT project to be undertaken at an Australian university. As the business school operates strictly for students at postgraduate or executive study…AustraliaCase StudyInternational House Sydney, Lendlease, 2017International House Sydney (IHS) is Australia’s first commercial and largest engineered timber building. The structure utilises a spruce CLT and Glulam structure, including floors, columns, walls, roof, lift shaft and…AustraliaCase StudyAdina Hotel 55 Southbank Boulevard, MelbourneThe existing building would have been able to accommodate an extension of 6 levels with the use of concrete framed construction. The design challenge was to surpass this, in order to deliver a hotel with 220 rooms. The solution was to use Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), so the existing structures were able to support an additional 10 levels, with minimum disruption to the tenants. In other words, using CLT was…AustraliaCase StudyOtago Polytechnic Student VillageTe Pā Tauira – Otago Polytechnic Student Village has 231 beds in two wings of student accommodation, with single and single ensuite bedrooms in the five-storey west wing and a…Case StudyNew ZealandAuckland City Mission (under construction)The Auckland City Mission is a charitable organisation that provides professional health and social services to marginalised Aucklanders. Established in 1920, the City Mission forms an important part of the…Case StudyNew ZealandToi Ohomai Waipa Wood Processing Workshop, RotoruaDCA archtects won an open design competition for this project. The concept was informed by the two distinct functional requirements of timber workshop and academic spaces. The metaphor of saw…Case StudyNew ZealandNelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Arts & MedianThis building is the built intersection of paired aspirations; the Nelson region’s requirement for a leading edge arts teaching facility and the NZ government’s objective for a landmark timber structure…Case StudyNew ZealandClearwater Quays Apartments, ChristchurchCompleted in 2022, the Clearwater Quays Apartment in Christchurch, a five-level, luxury, residential apartment, is not just carbon neutral, it’s carbon negative, sequestering over a million kilograms of CO2 by…Case StudyNew ZealandHospitalsWhile no new hospitals have been built in Australasia using mass timber there are several examples in other parts of the world, with Canada having the most. Prior to the…Building TypesHealthcareWorld’s first wooden football stadiumZaha Hadid Architects has won planning permission for the world’s first wooden football stadium, which will be built in Gloucestershire, England for football club Forest Green Rovers. When complete it…Building TypesSporting FacilitiesRichmond Oval – Olympic Speed Skating FacilityThe Oval, which housed the speed skating events for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. It was a signature structure for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and is a precedent-setting example…Building TypesSporting FacilitiesArvida Parklane Retirement VillageThe Parklane development was completed as a two-stage, 4 level CLT/ GLULAM project consisting of 80 apartments. Tricon was engaged by the Arvida group early on in the design phase…Aged Care FacilitiesBuilding Types2019 Hutt Valley Health Hub – Lower Hutt, NZA $35 million Lower Hutt primary health hub designed to withstand a one-in-2500-year earthquake is being touted as a New Zealand first. The Hutt Valley Health Hub is being built…Building TypesHealthcare2017 Brock Commons, CanadaBrock Commons Tallwood House is a mass timber hybrid student residence at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The building consists of a 17-storey mass timber hybrid superstructure atop a…ApartmentsBuilding Types2018 – The Gardens – Strongbuild, AustraliaAveo Norwest at Sydney’s Norwest Business Park ‘Circa’ precinct is a multi-residential development that delivers high levels of amenity, social, and environmental sustainability within an innovative design and build. Discarding…ApartmentsBuilding Types2012 – Forté Apartments in Melbourne, AustraliaForté Apartments is an Australian and worldwide first for being the world’s tallest timber apartments. Using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), Forte apartments will revolutionize construction methodology globally. Forté, located in…ApartmentsAustraliaBuilding TypesVideo25 King, Brisbane, AustraliaAurecon sought to create a world class working environment when searching for new office space to relocate its 600 plus people. The timber option submitted by Lendlease gave Aurecon the…AustraliaBuilding TypesMulti-storey CommercialVideo
