Archinect - News2024-05-23T11:00:36-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150057474/george-brown-college-selects-finalists-for-design-competition-to-build-12-story-wood-tower
George Brown College selects finalists for design competition to build 12-story wood tower Mackenzie Goldberg2018-03-30T14:47:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9w/9wkaj6r5zrwjsa02.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Timber Towers are on the rise, propelled by the growing availability of new wood technologies that <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150035991/french-architects-are-increasingly-ditching-concrete-and-embracing-timber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">promise major environmental benefits</a>. Today, proposals for increasingly tall wooden structures are sprouting up everywhere from <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150037515/framework-awarded-6m-from-city-of-portland-fast-starts-program-to-support-affordable-housing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portland</a> to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149991222/got-wood-meet-australia-s-tallest-proposed-timber-building" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brisbane</a>, with the world's tallest wooden tower <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150029630/the-world-s-tallest-wood-building-opens-to-residents-at-university-of-british-columbia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recently completing in British Columbia</a>, and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150025665/the-world-s-tallest-wooden-tower-is-being-built-in-norway" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">another on its way in Norway</a>.</p>
<p>Amidst the enthusiasm, <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/6031110/george-brown-college" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Brown College</a> announced plans last summer for a 12 story timber-framed building as part of the school's Toronto Waterfront expansion. Dubbed "the Arbour," the building will not only be a living example of sustainable design, but will also house a new Tall Wood Research Institute, alongside George Brown's Centre for Information and Computer Technology, a new child care facility, and additional research facilities.</p>
<p>To do so, the college conducted an invited design competition, for which the finalists were recently revealed. The chosen proposals include a tree-like structural concept from Pritzker win...</p>