As a part of our Timber Revolution collection, we now have rounded up the world’s 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber constructions, together with an engineered-wood shopping-centre extension and a carbon-negative cultural centre.
Compiled utilizing information from the Council on Tall Buildings and City Habitat, the roundup additionally options residence towers, motels and a faculty, demonstrating the potential of mass timber in constructing tall constructions.
Whereas a number of the tasks have constructions made solely from mass-timber elements, comparable to cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glued laminated timber (glulam), others introduce concrete and metal components to construct taller.
Listed here are the world’s 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber constructions:
Ascent, USA, by Korb + Associates Architects (2022)
Designed by American studio Korb + Associates Architects, this 86.6-metre-tall luxurious residence and retail tower in Wisconsin was licensed final 12 months because the world’s tallest timber constructing.
Named Ascent, the 25-storey constructing has a concrete base, elevator and stair shafts, with the remainder of its construction created from CLT and glulam.
Mjøstårnet, Norway, by Voll Arkitekter (2019)
Licensed because the world’s tallest timber constructing on the time of its completion in 2019, the 85.4-metre-tall Mjøstårnet tower by Norwegian structure studio Voll Arkitekter has glulam columns and elevator shafts made solely from CLT.
Situated in Brumunddal – an space in Norway with a longtime wood-processing business – the timber used to construct Mjøstårnet was regionally sourced.
HoHo Wien, Austria, by RLP Rüdiger Lainer + Associate (2020)
Austrian structure studio RLP Rüdiger Lainer + Associate designed the mixed-use HoHo Wien constructing with three related tower blocks organized in an L-shape, every with a concrete core supporting the timber construction.
In accordance with the studio, 75 per cent of the 84-metre-tall constructing above the ground-floor degree is created from wooden, together with partitions, ceilings, flooring and columns.
Haut, the Netherlands, Crew V Structure (2022)
Dutch structure studio Crew V Structure designed the 21-storey Haut residential constructing with flooring and load-bearing inside partitions created from CLT, together with a predominantly glazed facade and a core, basement and foundations manufactured from concrete.
The 73-metre-tall construction includes a rooftop backyard with rainwater storage and 1,500 sq. metres of photo voltaic panels on its roof and facade, serving to it obtain a BREEAM Excellent sustainability ranking.
Sara Kulturhus Centre, Sweden, by White Arkitekter (2021)
The Sara Kulturhus Centre in Skellefteå, Sweden, is a 72.8-metre-tall construction created from CLT and glulam that structure studio White Arkitekter designed to be carbon damaging over its lifetime.
It was accomplished in 2021 and accommodates a theatre, gallery, library, museum and lodge.
“Embodied carbon emissions from supplies, transport and development in addition to carbon emissions from operational vitality throughout 50 years are lower than the carbon sequestration in wooden throughout the constructing,” stated White Arkitekter associate Robert Schmitz.
De Karel Doorman, the Netherlands, by Ibelings van Tilburg Architecten (2012)
Dutch structure studio Ibelings van Tilburg Architecten restored a Nineteen Forties purchasing centre in Rotterdam and topped it with a hybrid construction of wooden and metal containing 114 flats.
The unique purchasing centre was prepared for demolition earlier than the studio’s intervention, which rests on current concrete pillars and foundations and extends the constructing to a peak of 70 metres.
“By selecting to ‘high up’ the constructing we now have prevented demolition and the necessity to take away 15,000 tonnes of concrete,” stated the studio.
55 Southbank Boulevard, Australia, by Bates Good (2020)
Australian structure studio Bates Good remodeled a concrete constructing in Melbourne right into a 69.7-metre-tall lodge by including a 10-storey CLT construction on high of it.
Accomplished in 2020, the studio claims that the challenge is Australia’s first CLT extension.
“The present concrete constructing was designed to help an extra 5 flooring of concrete construction, nonetheless by utilising timber, which is 20 per cent the load of concrete, an extra 10 ranges had been in a position to be constructed offering 15,000 sq. metres of recent ground house and 220 new lodge rooms,” Bates Good instructed Dezeen.
Arbo, Switzerland, by Manetsch Meyer Architects (2019)
Swiss structure studio Manetsch Meyer Architects designed three buildings for the Lucerne College of Utilized Sciences and Arts campus within the Swiss municipality of Risch-Rotkreuz.
Two of the three buildings had been constructed with composite constructions of wooden and concrete, together with the tallest constructing named Arbo, which is 60 metres tall and presently the world’s eighth-tallest mass-timber constructing.
In accordance with the challenge developer Zug Estates, Arbo was the tallest picket constructing in Switzerland when it was accomplished in 2019.
Eunoia Junior School, Singapore, by CPG Consultants (2019)
Accomplished in 2019 by constructing administration agency CPG Consultants, the Eunoia Junior School contains each a 10-storey and 12-storey tower, alongside a five-storey construction topped with a sports activities subject. At its tallest level, it reaches 56 metres.
Described by the agency as Singapore’s first high-rise junior school, the varsity is constructed with CLT exterior partitions clad with aluminium, teamed with flooring made up of concrete slabs and glulam beams.
Brock Commons Tallwood Home, Canada, by Acton Ostry Architects (2017)
This pupil residence in Vancouver was previously the tallest up to date mass-timber constructing on the planet on the time of its completion in 2017.
Though its peak of 53 metres has now been nicely surpassed, Canadian studio Acton Ostry Architects designed the scholar housing to exhibit that engineered wooden was a viable possibility for constructing high-rise constructions.
It’s constructed from two concrete cores, together with CLT ground panels which can be supported by glulam columns.
Timber Revolution
This text is a part of Dezeen’s Timber Revolution collection, which explores the potential of mass timber and asks whether or not going again to wooden as our main development materials can lead the world to a extra sustainable future.
