A mass timber tower slated for West 8th Avenue and Pine Street in Vancouver will be the tallest wood building in the world once complete.
Tall Wood Building
First look at Terrace House interiors by Shigeru Ban
The first interior renderings and details of Terrace House, the highly anticipated development by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban and the world’s tallest hybrid timber structure, have been released. The interiors of the 20 homes feature clean lines and lots of natural light. The fixtures and features throughout the building, including door handles, cabinet pulls, […]
New UBC student residence the world’s tallest wood building
If you don’t spend much time out at UBC, you’d be forgiven for not knowing that the campus is now home to world’s tallest wood building. The 18-storey Brock Commons student residence was completed this summer, and is the world’s tallest contemporary wood building. Brock Commons, also known as Tallwood House, houses more than 400 […]
Prefabricated hybrid timber-steel panels cut construction time
A unique new office building at Yukon St. and West 7th Ave. will be constructed in less than four weeks using sustainable, prefabricated panels. The four-storey building at 2250 Yukon Street will be home to Fast+Epp structural engineers. It will replace the Wilf’s Transmissions building, next to 3 Vets. The building will feature open office […]
Terrace House will be world’s tallest hybrid timber structure
Vancouver’s Coal Harbour neighbourhood continues to attract proposals for new luxury developments, many designed by prominent international architects. Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has revealed more details and renderings of his first project in Canada, in partnership with Vancouver-based developer, PortLiving. Terrace House will be an exclusive new development of 20 homes located at 1250 West […]
Tallest timber building in the world coming to Coal Harbour
Award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed a new luxury condo tower for Coal Harbour that will be the tallest timber building in the world. Architectural Digest is reporting that the new building, called Terrace House, will be built by Vancouver developer PortLiving on a site on West Pender Street, between Bute and Jervis streets. The […]
