Carbon12

Carbon12
General information
Address 3498 N Williams Ave
Town or city Portland, Oregon
Country United States
Height 85 feet
Technical details
Material Cross laminated timber
Floor count 8
Design and construction
Developer Ben Kaiser
Other designers Path Architecture
Main contractor Design Awards
Known for Tallest wood building in the United States

Carbon12 is a wooden building in north Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The 8-story structure built with Oregon-made cross laminated timber became the tallest wood building in the United States, upon its completion.[1]

History

For more than a century, building codes in the United States discouraged wood framings in 5-floor buildings or higher.[2]

The Carbon12 building ran in the USDA's Tall Wood Buildings contest (2014) but did not win the prize.[2] Oregon Governor Kate Brown was present when the building reached its peak height.[1]

Its title of tallest wood building in the United States is already being jeopardized by a new 148-feet, 11-floor wood-framing building in Portland, Framework, under construction.[1]

Description

The building measures 85 feet high for 8 floors, 2 units per floor. The building employs mass timber, laminated timber and Carbon-12 (CLT, carbon-laminated timber) in its structural system. Steel is used in the core and for connecting braces, and concrete for the basement, ground floor and garage (automated garage),[2] with two ground floor retail spaces. Wooden high-rise buildings have been encouraged on a federal level, and is acclaimed as a booster for Oregon's dwindling timber industry.[1]

Location

Carbon12 is in north Portland, Oregon, in the United States, on the corner of North Williams Avenue and Northeast Fremont Street.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Oregon pushes for wooden skyscrapers to revive timber industry, Oregonlive.com, 30 April 2017
  2. 1 2 3 Garrett Andrews, Wood: the sky’s the limit, Djcoregon.com, 8 March 2017

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