I was not sure I had read that correctly,
imagery is courtesy of MGA. but I had!, Vancouver studio Michael Green Architects (MGA), has released plans
for a development in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that would be the tallest mass-timber skyscraper in the
world when completed,
Michael
Green Architecture's plans for the development include office space,
retail, hotel, residential and public plazas, current renderings for the development show a 55-storey tower made principally from mass-timber elements, as it happens it would unseat the 86.6 meters (284 feet), Ascent tower by Korb + Associates Architects, the current tallest, which is also in Milwaukee,
MGA explained that smaller cities can have unique
opportunities to put sustainable development into practice, creating models for
larger urban centres to follow, noting that larger cities like Chicago are less
willing to experiment when it comes to materials, "It is ambitious
projects like this that show how smaller cities are now poised to surpass the
once-dominant capitals that shaped our skylines a century ago," said
Green, who added that the project would use "as much wood as
possible", but the details of the concrete or steel usage haven't been
decided yet, a wooden skyscraper, I just hope there are not termites living
nearby!
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