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COURTESY ATELIERJONES — Shown is the atelierjones team at Heartwood, a tall timber midrise in Seattle and the first building in the U.S. completed as-of-right under the new Type-IV codes.NYCEDC) has selected seven design/development teams to participate in its Mass Timber Studio , a technical assistance accelerator for timber projects in preliminary planning and design.
She says it is the first time cross-laminated timber will be used for a recreational centre in the city. Jones is optimistic MT will prove economically and structurally viable for the residence and others like it.Seattle-based atelierjones has been working with MT for more than a decade and has been involved in national code changes to allow for tall timber structures in the U.S.
“Anything you can do to add new tools to the design toolkit is helpful, especially when you are trying to the push the envelope in reducing carbon.”
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