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Project Profile
Wood Innovation & Design Centre
The 51,000 ft2 Wood Innovation and Design Centre (WIDC)
serves as a gathering place for researchers, academics, design
professionals, and others interested in generating ideas for
innovative uses of wood. The eight-story building was the
world’s tallest, all-timber modern structure at the time of
its completion. The innovative but easily repeatable design
celebrates the beauty of wood and shows the potential to
increase the use of mass timber in mid-rise and high-rise
structures.
The entire building was designed and built in just 16 months, demonstrating mass timber’s potential to accelerate construction schedules.
LOCATION Prince George, BC
TYPE
Commercial | Educational
ARCHITECT
Michael Green Architecture (Now a Katerra Design Partner)
PROJECT STATUS
Completed in 2014
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Project Profile | Wood Innovation & Design Centre
Mass Timber & CLT WIDC is about celebrating wood as one of the most
beautiful and sustainable materials for building in BC
and around the globe. Its goal is to help more architects,
engineers, and private developers recognize the value of
mass timber design as an alternative to steel, concrete, and
masonry. With the exception of a mechanical penthouse,
there is no concrete used in the building above the ground
floor slab. The design incorporates a simple, “dry” structure
of systems-integrated CLT floor panels, glulam columns and
beams, and mass timber walls. This approach translates
into repeatability, meaning this building and its systems can
be easily replicated, rather than serving only as a one-off
showpiece.
Awards & Recognitions• 2016 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture
• 2015 RAIC Award of Excellence for Innovation
in Architecture
• 2015 Lieutenant-Governor of BC Award in Architecture
(Merit)
• 2015 AIBC Innovation Award