Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, B.C., didn't have a spectator venue for sports and events until Perkins&Will and Fast + Epp designed a stadium next to the Terry Fox Field (TFF), respecting the...
Tag: CLT
Vancouver-based Revery Architecture has proposed an innovative roof for the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) Amphitheatre, originally built in the 1960s, which is set for a transformative redevelopment into an open-air theatre. The massive roof...
The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) has launched a pioneering study on the integration of mass timber, focusing on cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the mining sector’s infrastructure.
A prefab mass timber company is planning an inaugural mass timber parking structure in British Columbia. This initiative seeks to transform the construction industry by substituting conventional concrete and steel with the sustainable and...
Firm crafts mass timber daycare facility in Ontario
(09/06/2023)
The new childcare centre in St. Thomas in Ontario, designed by the architect, Curran Gacesa Slote Architects (CGS Architects), utilizes cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (GLT), enhancing its structural integrity and esthetic appeal.
Limberlost Place, one of Ontario’s first mass timber, net-zero carbon emissions institutional building, has now reached the highest point in its construction. The final wood and steel beams were installed in the 10-storey facility...
A new air terminal in Rouyn-Noranda city in Quebec embraces the city’s identity as lying “between fault and forest” with wood, metal, and glass.
Formline Architecture + Urbanism, Chevalier Morales architectes, and Architecture49 have designed Saskatoon’s new central library, inspired by the traditional First Nation and Métis architecture to bring reconciliation and sustainability to the forefront.
Wood in civic buildings
(01/14/2021)
For public projects, as for other types of buildings, new engineered mass timber products, supported by recent legislation, make wood an economic and functional choice in both rural and urban areas. Two recent B.C....
To bring regenerative, collective habitation to all scales of development, Amsterdam (Netherlands)-based architecture practice GG-loop along with engineering company Arup is developing Mitosis: a modular building system created by a parametric design tool following...
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