Western Australia is set to become home to the world's tallest wooden building, after authorities in Perth approved plans for a 191.2-meter-tall (627-foot) "hybrid" tower made of mass timber, as per reports. The Metro Inner-South Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) approved Grange Development's proposal for the skyscraper, dubbed the C6 building, on Thursday. The C6 building will be nearly twice as tall as the current record holder.
The proposed C6 building will be built on Charles Street in Southern Perth, Western Australia. It will be taller than the upcoming Atlassian Headquarters in Sydney and will be the state's first carbon-negative residential building, according to reports. The building will contain over 200 apartments.
Additionally, Ascent- a 25-story upscale residential and retail tower located in Wisconsin, USA achieved the distinction of being certified as the world's tallest timber building in the previous year. It boasts a height of 86.6 meters and combines a concrete core with a timber frame. Reportedly, if completed, Perth's new upcoming tower, with plans recently approved by authorities, will outpace the world’s largest timber-concrete hybrid building, Ascent Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In Australia, there's a growing trend towards constructing sustainable and environmentally friendly buildings, and the upcoming timber-concrete hybrid tower in Perth represents the second of its kind in the country. Prior to this, the Australian architecture firm Bates Smart demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by converting a concrete building in Melbourne into a 69.7-meter-tall hotel. They achieved this by adding a 10-story CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) structure on top of the existing concrete building. Completed in 2020, Bates Smart proudly asserts that this project marked Australia's inaugural CLT extension.
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