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Thirteen Storey Timber Tower: Québec
Québec City’s Pointe-aux-Lievres eco-district is getting a 13-storey tower constructed mostly of cross laminated timber (CLT), with 12 storeys of apartments on top of a concrete podium, according to the Deccan Herald July 10. The condominium building, designed by Yvan Blouin, is being marketed as Origine.Origine is being built by Nordic Structures, who are of…
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Cross Laminated Timber
Some new announcements for funding around CLT (cross laminated timber) came out of a couple jurisdictions recently, also this week a Vancouver architecture firm has submitted a design proposal for a 35 storey wooden tower to be built in Paris. To promote the adoption of innovative wood building technologies, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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Lumber News Archives: Sep 2012
India Wood Products ; US Government to Buy Mortgages ; Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Report ; Housing Starts, Canada and Japan Wooden Skyscrapers ; Cedar Mill Fire: Electrical ; Millar Western to Build Biogas Power Generator ; Industrial Index Canada, Purchasing Managers’ Index US ; FPAC Announces Timber Supply Review Committee ; US Housing Starts,…
