This selection of stories from the CTBUH Global News feed features the latest tall timber project updates. The full Global News archive is available to CTBUH Members.
19 August 2022 | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
24 May 2022 | Yokohama
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...
20 April 2022 | 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
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...
24 February 2022 | Toronto
Alison Brooks Architects, Adjaye Associates and Danish practice Henning Larsen have been appointed to deliver a new waterside neighborhood in Toronto, CanadaThe companies, working with developers Dream Unlimited and Great...
23 February 2022 | Tokyo
A hybrid-timber office building under construction in central Tokyo has been selected as a leading sustainable project by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The tentatively-named Tameike Project...
11 February 2022 | Frankfurt am Main
Ferdinand Heide Architekt have been selected to develop a high-rise complex in Frankfurt, Germany, following an international design competition. Titled “Millennium Areal," the winning proposal features two twisted glass towers...
3 February 2022 | Los Angeles
Plans to redevelop a storage facility next to Metro's La Cienega/Jefferson Station with housing, offices, and retail are moving forward, with the publication of a sustainable communities environmental assessment by...
3 January 2022 | Sacramento
New plans have been revealed for a multi-structure development with a 30-story tower at Lot X, overlooking the yellow Tower Bridge in Downtown Sacramento. The project, to be called 210...
17 December 2021 | Milwaukee
New Land Enterprises and development partner Wiechmann Enterprises celebrate milestone as mass timber construction is structurally topped out. Earlier this week, the final mass timber beams, columns and CLT roof were...
6 December 2021 | Singapore
Tower of Tables' stacked pavilion concept groups four to six-story workspace communities with surrounding landscape terraces and facilitates the collaborative nature of contemporary office-based work. The tower has a flexible...
23 November 2021 | Glasgow
At COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) proposed a concept for creating buildings in an urban context with a goal of providing...
17 November 2021 | Macau
Phase 2 of the Studio City complex in Macau has topped out. A ceremony celebrating this achievement was hosted by Lawrence Ho, chairman and CEO of the Melco Resorts &...