Although most mass timber projects are hybrids of a sort—boasting a steel or concrete lateral system—Cincinnati Public Radio’s (CPR) new $32-million headquarters in Evanston is something of an anomaly.
The 35,000-sq-ft structure’s lateral system is composed of cross-laminated timber (CLT) shear walls, creating a building with a superstructure almost entirely composed of mass timber, explains Dean Lewis, director of mass timber and prefabrication at Skanska, the project’s construction manager.