The first of its kind, Ascent is also the tallest timber-concrete hybrid building in the world. Tim Gokhman, one of the developers of Ascent, says building costs are comparable to more traditional ...

When timber is not considered, higher-carbon and non-renewable materials such as steel and concrete are used instead, which can significantly increase the embodied carbon of a project – by up to 75 ...

“It is 19 stories of mass timber over a six story concrete parking structure,” said architect Jason Korb of Korb Architecture. The Ascent is currently the world’s tallest building that’s a ...

The building method involves gluing timber together at high pressure to create solid wooden replacements for elements of buildings that usually utilize steel or concrete, such as structural ...

SEE MORE Rendering of a data center that Microsoft is building using cross-laminated timber for its floors and ceilings in order to reduce the amount of steel and concrete used, which have a ...