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12 June 2023 | Oakland

Mass Timber Tower Rising in Oakland

Construction is underway in Oakland for a first-of-its-kind high rise apartment building that could be among the tallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in the world. The 19-story, roughly 200...

10 April 2023 | Utrecht

Cylindrical Office Space Proposed in Utrecht

Heatherwick Studio and BARCODE Architects have been selected to design a new building in Utrecht at Jaabeursplein central square. Together with developer Edge, the team was selected by a design...

2 March 2023 | San Diego

Preparations for Shake Table Testing of 10-Story Mass Timber Building Underway

Shake table testing preparations are underway for a 10-story mass timber building by the project team at NHERI@UCSD. These will take place over the course of about a month once...

15 February 2023 | Milwaukee

New Mass Timber Building in Milwaukee Could Rise 28 Stories

A revised version of The Edison apartment tower in Milwaukee could rise 28 stories at a riverfront site, potentially rising higher than the 25-story Ascent tower. The project is likely...

17 November 2022 | Denver

Denver Mass Timber Project will Break Ground in 2023

What could be Denver's tallest mass timber building is set to break ground in July 2023. Situated in the River North (RiNo) Arts District, the 12-story building named “Return to...

2 November 2022 | Spokane

Mass Timber Luxury Residential Development Proposed for Spokane

atelierjones led an integrated design team for the proposal of a 178,000-square-foot (16,536-square-meter) mass timber housing project in Spokane, Washington that would deliver both market rate and affordable housing. The...

24 October 2022 | Vancouver

25-Story Residential Timber High-Rise Proposed in Vancouver

A proposal to build a 25-story rental housing high-rise as the fifth phase of a Main Alley tech campus in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant district is moving forward. The building will...

21 October 2022 | Zanzibar

28-Story Residential Timber Building is Proposed in Zanzibar

A 28-story residential and commercial base building designed using a hybrid timber construction has been proposed for the island city of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Called the Burj Zanzibar—“burj” meaning tower in...

15 September 2022 | Austin

Two Commercial Office Buildings Announced in Austin

One Ladybird Lake and 901 South Congress are two new office buildings coming to Austin. One Ladybird Lake, a joint venture partnership with Christopher Investment Company (CIC), will sit on...

19 August 2022 | Sydney

Ceremonial Groundbreaking for New HQ Building in Sydney

The Atlassian Central, the Australian headquarter building has had a ceremonial groundbreaking to initiate the project’s start after the New South Wales government, Dexus and the global software giant reached...

11 August 2022 | Chicago

Plans are Revealed for a Tall Timber Building in Chicago

Noted Chicago developer Sterling Bay is planning a nine-story, 130-unit apartment building at 2100 N Southport Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The techniques utilized for timber buildings have been...

2 August 2022 | Tokyo

Insurance Building in Japan to be Replaced by Timber High-Rise

Japanese insurance giant Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. said it will begin preparations in 2022 to replace its current head office with a high-rise building largely made of timber. The new...

27 July 2022 | Adelaide

Tall Timber Hybrid Hotel to be Built in Adelaide

The proposed 31 story hotel will be built out of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and steel at 187 Victoria Square – on the corner of Franklin Street and across the road...

22 July 2022 | Milwaukee

High-Rise in Milwaukee Takes Title of World’s Tallest Mass Timber Hybrid

On July 20, 2022 New Land Enterprises welcomed the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) to its Ascent...

8 July 2022 | Toronto

Hybrid Timber High-Rise Proposed for Toronto

A hybrid of cross laminated timber (CLT) and steel construction building design for a new purpose-built rental building in downtown Toronto has been proposed at a height of 95.4 meters...

17 June 2022 | Tokyo

Tokyo Department Store to be Rebuilt with Timber

On 27 May 2022, Marui Group announced that the Shibuya Marui department store will temporarily close its doors on 28 August 2022, while the 51-year-old building undergoes redevelopment. Shibuya Marui...

24 May 2022 | Yokohama

Timber High-Rise in Yokohama Completed

A high-rise building recently completed in Yokohama, near Tokyo, could be among the tallest of its type in the area to be built largely of wood. The structure tops out...

24 May 2022

Modular Timber Tower Prototype Developed

The "Regenerative High-Rise" is a concept for a modular timber tower by architecture studio Haptic and engineering firm Ramboll that could be used to transform tricky sites in cities worldwide. Aiming...

20 April 2022 | Winterthur

One-Hundred-Meter Tall Residential Building Using Load-Bearing Timber Proposed for Winterthur

Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has revealed its design for a 100-meter-tall housing block in Switzerland. Named Rocket&Tigerli, the terracotta-clad building is set to be built on a former industrial...

7 April 2022 | Amsterdam

Hybrid Timber Tower in Amsterdam Reaches Completion

HAUT takes shape as what could be the Netherlands‘ tallest timber-hybrid residential building designed by British architecture firm Arup. Standing 22 stories tall, the project was conceived as part of...

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