Back in October 2015 I mentioned the University of British Columbia was building the tallest wood structure in the world. Treehugger.com reports the structure is finished – not meaning it’s ready for occupation, but the essentials are in place:
Image: Acton Ostry Architects
And of course TreeHugger loves it because wood is a renewable resource, and building with it sequesters carbon dioxide. In this building, according to Hermann Kaufmann, “the carbon stored in the mass timber structure, plus avoided greenhouse gas emissions, results in a total estimated carbon benefit of 2,563 tonnes of CO2, which is equivalent to taking 490 cars off the road for a year.”
Up and ahead of schedule. Gotta like that. They report the stairs are made of poured concrete – I wonder if the next ‘tall wood’ building will try to avoid that as well?
