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Stories in the development of tall timber

 Four 20 Story all wood towers planned for stockholm

23/3/2015

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A series of four 20 story mixed use residential towers are planned for the Stockholm water front. 240 residential units will be added to the area with commercial spaces below to house craft stores and small sea-side cafes. The Swedish wood developer Folkhem is backing the project. 

This project is especially interesting as it has chosen to express the wood as much as possible. The exterior facade and interior elements of the project are set to expose Swedish timber material. It will be extremely interesting to see how these projects develop and fold into the community over time. Would such projects be viable in modern American cities? What are your thoughts? 

Structurally it is still unclear if this will be a completely wood project or if there will be a hybrid service core involved. We hope to gain more information and follow these tall wood projects closely as they near construction. 


Images courtesy: Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
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MINNEAPOLIS to build the US's first modern tall wood building BY MGA

12/3/2015

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Photo: MGA via Minnpost.com
A 7 story hybrid timber building has been proposed for downtown Minneapolis. The project, named T3 is a projected 7 stories in height and offers a spacious 210,000 sqft of office space. Michael Green Architecture has designed the project and was chosen for their many previous successes including BC's Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George. The T3 building represents a turning point in American construction where renewable materials play a major roll in the healthy development of our modern cities. These projects work to illustrate and tighten the relationship humanity has with our natural environment. Heavy timber panels and  glulam columns will be used to meet fire structural design requirements for this landmark project. 
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13 Story Residential Timber Building Destined for Quebec

4/3/2015

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Image courtesy of: http://condosorigine.com/
 The newly announced Écocondos de la Pointe-aux-Lièvres, in Quebec Canada have been announced by Origin. The  building will consist of 94 condo units of mid to high end 3 bedroom residential housing. The architect is Yvan Blouin. The structure will be primarily composed of CLT with engineering by WSP + Nordic Structures. 

A video of the project can be found below. Please visit: http://condosorigine.com/ for sales info. 



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