Australia builds the world's tallest wooden building

Perth City approves plans to build a 191.2m high building using plywood combined with reinforced concrete.

The C6 building will be twice as tall as the current world record. Photo: Grange Development — The C6 building will be twice as tall as the current world record. Photo: *Grange Development*

On October 5, Perth’s Metro Inner-South Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) approved Grange Development’s proposal to build a skyscraper called C6. The building will be nearly twice as tall as the current world record, according to CNN . The developer said 42% of the tower will be made of wood, with columns and cores made of reinforced concrete.

When completed, the skyscraper will surpass the world's tallest concrete-timber hybrid building, the Ascent Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is 25 stories and 86 metres tall, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The building, which will be located on Charles Street in Perth's south end, will be taller than the upcoming Atlassian Headquarters in Sydney, a hybrid timber building that was aimed at breaking Ascent's record but has not yet been completed.

Like Atlassian, the C6 tower will combine cross-laminated timber beams with a steel frame to support the structure. The 50-storey tower will house more than 200 apartments, making it the first carbon-neutral residential building in Western Australia, according to Grange Development. The tower will use 7,400 cubic metres of wood harvested from 600 trees. In addition to wood, the company’s plans include plenty of green space, including rooftop gardens, urban farms and 80 Tesla Model 3s for residents.

Philip Oldfield, associate professor of architecture and director of the School of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales, said the project was environmentally sound. “Typically, we build tall buildings from steel and concrete. Cement is responsible for 8% of all CO2 emissions. So replacing concrete and steel with bio-based materials like wood will significantly reduce the environmental impact of the building,” Oldfield said.

An Khang (According to CNN )

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