Archinect - News2024-12-22T01:39:29-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149968916/world-s-tallest-wood-building-constructed-in-vancouver
World's tallest wood building constructed in Vancouver Nicholas Korody2016-09-16T13:10:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1p/1p4b82d8wxuf8iww.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Brock Commons at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver has been topped off, making it the world’s tallest wood building. The 18-story tower, a student residence, was completed in less than 70 days using prefabricated components. The project was completed four months earlier than expected.</p>
<p>With a concrete podium and two concrete cores, the wood tower is 14 stories taller than any other mass timber, steel and concrete hybrid project in the world. The building was designed by Acton Ostry Architects in collaboration with structural engineers Fast + Epp and tall wood advisor Architekten Hermann Kaufmann of Austria.</p>
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<p>“Taller wood buildings offer tremendous economic and environmental benefits,” states Cees de Jager, general manager of the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, in the press release. “The lessons learned at Brock Commons will help transform the built environment in Canada and around the world.”</p>
<p>Watch a time-lapse video of the construction here:</p>
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World’s tallest wooden skyscraper (at least for now) under construction in Vancouver Alexander Walter2015-12-21T17:31:00-05:00>2017-09-07T15:32:40-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9g/9gj5t64au4w6kedg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Made possible by a special change in law, a building that is set to claim the title of world’s tallest timber tower is now under construction in Vancouver, Canada.
When complete in 2017, the 18-storey (53m) tower, called Brock Commons, will house hundreds of students at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
[...] the CAN$51.5m residence is set to be the world’s tallest, beating the 13-storey ‘Origine’ apartment block now being built in Quebec City.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>"Earlier this year the provincial government of British Columbia passed a new regulation that allowed UBC to go over timber-structure height limits if the building met rigorous health and safety standards. The architects, Acton Ostry, and UBC building officials helped draft the regulation."</em></p>
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