Japanese architect Shigeru Ban recently revealed images of its 19-storey residential tower β Terrace House β aka the worldβs tallest hybrid timber structure.Β
Designed especially for the Vancouver waterfront by Shigeru Ban, the architecture project will boast a pioneering hybrid structure of wood, concrete and steel. According to Vancouver Sun the building will reach 71 meters high at its tip, making it the worldβs tallest hybrid timber structure.
The initial visual showed a mono-pitchedΒ timber-framed structure clad in glass that was to be supported by a concrete and steel core β althoughΒ no details of height were given at the time.
The title is currently held by theΒ 18-storey, 53-meter-high Brock Commons at the University of British Columbia, whichΒ is made up of steel, concrete and timber, and also located in Vancouver.
βTerrace House will be the worldβs tallest hybrid timber structure,β said developersΒ PortLiving.
βThe goal of this innovative wood, glass, and concrete tower is to make a prominent gesture that demonstrates Vancouverβs commitment to forward-thinking sustainable design and advanced timber engineering and construction,β they continued.
Terrace House is theΒ latest development in timber construction, as architects increasingly turn towards wood as a building material for its sustainability, quality and speed of construction.
Source: Dezeen