Design ShowcaseAged Care Facilities (1)Apartments (5)Asia (1)Australia (6)Building Types (10)Canada (2)Case Study (16)Europe (2)Featured Post (6)General (1)Healthcare (2)Multi-storey Commercial (1)New Zealand (5)News (1)Sporting Facilities (2)USA (3)Video (4)View All Tryp Hotel Mass Timber Site VisitMass Timber Site Visit: We invite all design and construction professionals to a site visit to the Tryp Hotel building project in downtown Wellington JOIN US on 7th April from 4pm.…Featured PostLow-carbon lifestyle at Clearwater QuaysCheaper, quicker, and more environmentally friendly… is this the future of New Zealand’s multi-story construction industry? We talk with Red Stag Timber CEO, Marty Verry about how the Clearwater Quays project, they are delivering…Featured 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, ChristchurchThe Clearwater Quays apartments designed by Phil and Roger at Pacific Environments for Red Stag, are leading the way being constructed in engineered mass timber – demonstrating how these materials…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
