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Brock Commons, Acton Ostry, WoodWorks!

WoodWorks! case study explores record-breaking Brock Commons


Acton Ostry Architects

Acton Ostry Architects welcomes three new associates


Architectural Institute of British Columbia announces 2017 Architectural Awards shortlist


Photo courtesy of MJMA.

Aquatic Centre by MJMA + Acton Ostry Architects opens at UBC


Seventeen storeys of Brock Commons are built with a hybrid structure that includes prefabricated glulam columns and CLT floor slabs. The structure was erected at a rate of two floors per week. Photo: KK Law, Courtesy of Naturally: Wood.

Reaching New Heights

The world's tallest contemporary mass timber building is nearing completion in Vancouver, presenting a pragmatic argument for how mass wood can be used for all types of buildings, from the audacious to the everyday.

UBC Brock Commons Installation of Final Wood Panel on the World’s Tallest Timber Building Last wood panel arrives on the 18th storey of the World’s Tallest Timber Building in preparation for final installation in Vancouver Canada on August 9, 2016. Located on the campus of University of British Columbia, the new student residence called Brock Commons is latest boundary-pushing wood structure project for structural engineering firm Fast+Epp. Building slated to open mid-2017.

University of British Columbia’s Brock Commons project reaches new heights


Acton Ostry Architects’ UBC residence will be among world’s tallest wood buildings