CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD TALLEST TIMBER TOWER IS UNDERWAY IN VANCOUVER

 Construction is underway in Vancouver for the world tallest timber tower by Acton Ostry Architects. The 18 story Brock Commons student Residence at University of British Columbia, which began Construction in late 2015 , will be completed in the summer of 2017.

At 53 meters tall, housing 404 students, it will be the tallest mass wood hybrid building in the world. The structure's two freestanding concrete cores will be completed by the end of May, after which the erection of the mass wood structure will take place.

 The $51.5 million  (#11.2 billion)  project is being completed with Architekten Hermann Kaufmann of Austria as tall wood advisors, fast & Epp as structural engineers and GHL Consultants Ltd.
As science and building code Consultants. Brock Commons demonstrates the benefit of hybrid design that combines mass wood and concrete, with costs that are comparable to all concrete and steel structures.