Around the globe, timber buildings are getting higher and higher. Here, CM looks at five planned or recently completed projects.
Ascent is world’s tallest timber building
A 25-storey tower in Milwaukee, USA, called Ascent has been named as both the world’s tallest timber building and the tallest concrete-timber hybrid structure by the international body the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
The scheme was designed by Korb & Associates.
Toronto plans hit 90m
In Canada, Icon Architects has unveiled its design for a 31-storey tower in Ontario, which, at 90m tall, would be the tallest mass-timber structure in North America.
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