World's tallest timber tower to be constructed in Sydney

[steveluv]

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/World-s-tallest-timber-tower-to-be-constructed-in-Sydney?utm_campaign=GL_JP_update&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=4&pub_date=20220825090000&seq_num=11&si=44594

World's tallest timber tower to be constructed in Sydney
Japan's Obayashi plans 39-story Atlassian building powered by renewable energy

Obayashi's 39-story Atlassian Central structure, seen here in an artist's rendering, aims to reduce project-related carbon dioxide emissions by half. (Image courtesy of Obayashi)
SHUGO TAMURA, Nikkei staff writerAugust 25, 2022 03:03 JST

TOKYO -- Japanese general contractor Obayashi said Wednesday that it has received an order to construct the world's tallest timber building in Australia, a 182-meter sustainable skyscraper combining wood and other materials to house the Sydney headquarters of software company Atlassian.

The 39-story Atlassian Central structure will stand adjacent to the Central rail station in Sydney's Tech Central innovation and technology precinct. The mixed-use tower with a floor space of 75,000 square meters also will be home to a hotel and retail stores.

Obayashi's joint venture with local construction company Built has been commissioned by Australian real estate firm Dexus to build the tower, which is slated for completion in 2026.

The 182-meter sustainable skyscraper planned in Sydney will be the world's tallest timber building. (Image courtesy of Obayashi) 

The building, to carry the highest level of environmental certification, will be made of steel-reinforced, low-carbon concrete from the basement to the seventh floor, with cross-laminated timber and a steel exoskeleton used for higher floors.

The project aims to limit carbon dioxide emissions during construction -- from materials procurement to completion -- to less than half of those for a conventional building. For operation, the tower is expected to be powered by 100% renewable energy.

Obayashi is among the Japanese companies tapping the trend of building wooden skyscrapers in Australia, where interest in achieving net-zero emissions is strong and fire safety codes are less strict than in their home country. Sumitomo Forestry and NTT Urban Development are creating a hybrid timber building in Melbourne with U.S. real estate firm Hines.

[Playtime]

3 minutes ago, steveluv said:

The building, to carry the highest level of environmental certification, will be made of steel-reinforced, low-carbon concrete from the basement to the seventh floor, with cross-laminated timber and a steel exoskeleton used for higher floors.

didnt think a wood structure could be 39floor high.

i suspect all the load bearing will be steel, so its not technically right to call it wood tower.🤔  

[Lala81]

one fire... that's it.

 

[Victor68]

30 minutes ago, Playtime said:

didnt think a wood structure could be 39floor high.

i suspect all the load bearing will be steel, so its not technically right to call it wood tower.🤔  

I am pretty sure. Al these marketing talk. 

[inlinesix]

Nikkei again

🤦🏻‍♀️

[Kopites]

1 hour ago, Lala81 said:

one fire... that's it.

 

Thare are still many sole timber houses in Australia. Those are mainly those low rise houses 2, 3 storey from what I have seen. Though in recent decade houses tend to be a mix of brick and timber.  

Go about further out from the city you will see plenty of those timber house. 😁

The downside of a timber house. Launceston. 

 

Edited August 26, 2022 by Kopites

[Jamesc]

Termites will have food for life.

[Jamesc]

Actually a wood building can go 39 stories tall.

The wood is not solid timber but wood composite.

Many different layers stuck together so it's stronger than concrete but much lighter.

[Beregond]

17 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

Actually a wood building can go 39 stories tall.

The wood is not solid timber but wood composite.

Many different layers stuck together so it's stronger than concrete but much lighter.

without steel/concert  foundation cannot tahan 39 stories 1

[Playtime]

1 hour ago, Kopites said:

Thare are still many sole timber houses in Australia. Those are mainly those low rise houses 2, 3 storey from what I have seen. Though in recent decade houses tend to be a mix of brick and timber.  

Go about further out from the city you will see plenty of those timber house. 😁

The downside of a timber house. Launceston. 

 

 

errr.... what are we looking at here?

[Playtime]

2 hours ago, Victor68 said:

I am pretty sure. Al these marketing talk. 

well.... are they gonna market as 999yrs or 99yrs? 😦

[Kopites]

51 minutes ago, Playtime said:

errr.... what are we looking at here?

Extreme weather bad for timber house. 

[Fitvip]

What are they trying to prove? 

How long will composite wood last?

How to weather proof the building?

[BanCoe]

Maybe just only parquet wooden flooring 🤣

Edited August 26, 2022 by BanCoe

[Thaiyotakamli]

Soundproof must be bad?

[Mustank]

5 hours ago, steveluv said:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/World-s-tallest-timber-tower-to-be-constructed-in-Sydney?utm_campaign=GL_JP_update&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=4&pub_date=20220825090000&seq_num=11&si=44594

World's tallest timber tower to be constructed in Sydney
Japan's Obayashi plans 39-story Atlassian building powered by renewable energy

Obayashi's 39-story Atlassian Central structure, seen here in an artist's rendering, aims to reduce project-related carbon dioxide emissions by half. (Image courtesy of Obayashi)
SHUGO TAMURA, Nikkei staff writerAugust 25, 2022 03:03 JST

TOKYO -- Japanese general contractor Obayashi said Wednesday that it has received an order to construct the world's tallest timber building in Australia, a 182-meter sustainable skyscraper combining wood and other materials to house the Sydney headquarters of software company Atlassian.

The 39-story Atlassian Central structure will stand adjacent to the Central rail station in Sydney's Tech Central innovation and technology precinct. The mixed-use tower with a floor space of 75,000 square meters also will be home to a hotel and retail stores.

Obayashi's joint venture with local construction company Built has been commissioned by Australian real estate firm Dexus to build the tower, which is slated for completion in 2026.

The 182-meter sustainable skyscraper planned in Sydney will be the world's tallest timber building. (Image courtesy of Obayashi) 

The building, to carry the highest level of environmental certification, will be made of steel-reinforced, low-carbon concrete from the basement to the seventh floor, with cross-laminated timber and a steel exoskeleton used for higher floors.

The project aims to limit carbon dioxide emissions during construction -- from materials procurement to completion -- to less than half of those for a conventional building. For operation, the tower is expected to be powered by 100% renewable energy.

Obayashi is among the Japanese companies tapping the trend of building wooden skyscrapers in Australia, where interest in achieving net-zero emissions is strong and fire safety codes are less strict than in their home country. Sumitomo Forestry and NTT Urban Development are creating a hybrid timber building in Melbourne with U.S. real estate firm Hines.

Aiyah tell them don’t export coal don’t burn coal lah

 

 

[Playtime]

2 hours ago, Kopites said:

Extreme weather bad for timber house. 

You mean the creaking sound?

Cos too dark to see

Edited August 26, 2022 by Playtime

[Jamesc]

4 hours ago, Beregond said:

without steel/concert  foundation cannot tahan 39 stories 1

Yes the foundation maybe concrete but the building can be made of wood.