The surface of this building is charred cedar wood, which has the function of fire prevention.
It is reported that a building called "Wood Innovative Design Center" (WIDC) was recently put into use in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The building, which is 96 feet high and has a floor area of 51000 square feet, is almost entirely made of wood.
This 6-storey building will be housed in the wood engineering research unit and other units of the University of Northern British Columbia, and will be used as the wood architecture exhibition hall in this area. The highest modern wood building in the world was completed in Canada. The beams and columns of wood can be seen throughout the building.
Michael Green, the Vancouver architect who designed the building, said that the "Wood Innovation Design Center" is the highest contemporary wood building in the world.
Although two recently completed timber residential buildings - one in London; One is in Melbourne, which is slightly higher, but in these two buildings in Britain and Australia, the timber building is located on a concrete platform. "Wood Innovation Design Center" is built on concrete raft without concrete platform.
The world's highest modern timber building was completed in Canada. The window frame of this building uses an engineering timber product called "laminated veneer lumber". The world's highest modern timber building was completed in Canada. The main support system of this building is also made of wood. The core support system is composed of "cross laminated board panels".