Fired up to develop the nation’s first mass-timber tower—the 284-ft-tall Ascent in Milwaukee

Milwaukee forges a developer-friendly permitting path for construction of a 284-ft-tall timber and concrete tower

Construction started last month on the 284-ft-tall mass timber-and-concrete apartment building in Milwaukee—which, if completed as planned in mid-2022, would be the world's tallest hybrid timber tower.

The American Wood Council and International Code Council have released a joint publication, Mass Timber Buildings and the IBC, which gives an overview of code changes regarding mass timber construction.

If all goes according to plan, construction of Atlassian headquarters could begin early next year on a 40-story hybrid timber-and-structural-steel office building in Sydney, Australia

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has dubbed the 85.4-meter Mjøstårnet, in Brumunddal, Norway, as the world's tallest timber building.

Based on data from five furnished-apartment blazes, new model-code-change proposal will allow taller timber frames