After five years of work, the new Webster Library at Concordia University, Montréal, was inaugurated on March 23. Designed by Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes, this 16,550-m2 (178,142-sf) renovation project aimed to create a landmark on campus.
George Brown College in Toronto has selected Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects to design The Arbour, its tall wood campus building on the city’s waterfront. This moves the project one step closer to construction of one of Ontario’s first tall wood, low-carbon institutional building.
A presentation on “Mass Timber Framing and the Building Code” by Andrew Harmsworth (GHL Consultants) will be conducted during a CSC Vancouver Chapter meeting on April 12, held at Sandman Hotel from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Four internationally-renowned architectural/design firms have prepared design concepts for the construction of The Arbour, a new tall wood, net-positive building at George Brown College’s waterfront campus in Toronto.
Wood WORKS! Alberta recently honoured architects and engineers who are pushing the boundaries of wood construction at the 10th annual Prairie Wood Design Awards gala.
An expanded trades and technologies centre at Lethbridge College in Alberta recently received top honours at the Prairie Wood Design Awards for the institutional building category. The Trades Technologies Renewal and Innovation Project (TTRIP) adds 15,793 m2 (170,000 sf) of program space to the college, and features both structural and design elements in timber.
WoodWorks British Columbia announced the winners of the 2018 Wood Design Awards at the Vancouver Convention Centre, honouring excellence in wood building and design, and leadership and innovation in wood use. Presented in association with the Canadian Wood Council (CWC), this year’s awards were dominated by innovative architectural and structural design in taller and larger mass timber buildings.
The Winnipeg Wood Solutions Fair (WWSF) will be held April 11 at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg. Presented by WoodWorks and the Canadian Wood Council (CWC), the event will showcase wood use in commercial, institutional, industrial, and multi-unit residential construction.
Last week, WoodWorks British Columbia, a division of the Canadian Wood Council, announced its nominees for the 14th annual Wood Design Awards. More than 100 projects and industry professionals are recognized across 14 categories, including the newly introduced Prefabricated Structural Wood division, which honours creative design and innovative use of prefabricated wood systems, components, and modules in a variety of building types.
Registration is open for the Ontario WoodWorks TimBEER engineering workshops, held in Ottawa and Toronto. The events will discuss new developments in mass timber design and explore interesting timber projects through interactive design sessions and live testing demonstrations. Additionally, attendees are invited to sample beer from local breweries.
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