The Anonymous Widower

The Tallest Timber Residential Structure In The World

You’d have thought that this would be somewhere like Japan, Scandinavia or perhaps Canada, but despite it’s name, the Stadthaus is in Murray Grove in the London Borough of Hackney.

Wikipedia says this about the building.

It is thought to be the tallest timber residential structure in the world.It was designed in collaboration between architects Waugh Thistleton, structural engineers Techniker, and timber panel manufacturer KLH.

Stadthaus is the first high-density housing building to be built from pre-fabricated cross-laminated timber panels. It is the first building in the world of this height to construct not only load-bearing walls and floor slabs but also stair and lift cores entirely from timber.

I like it and it shows how modern buildings don’t have to be constructed using traditional methods.  It was also constructed in just 49 weeks and residents moved in ahead of schedule.

So as we need more housing and we need it quickly, perhaps we should build more houses and flats using these methods.

August 18, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | World | Architecture, Construction, Hackney, Housing