Briefing: Super tall timber – Oakwood Tower


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Article
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Authors
Foster, RM 
Ramage, MH 
Abstract

This briefing presents some of the early findings of the super tall timber project, an innovative research and design project exploring the potential of engineered timber as a structural material in the construction of tall buildings. The project brings researchers together with practising engineers and architects in a process that combines design-led research with research-led design in a constructive feedback loop, providing a new model for addressing the fundamental challenges of designing with a new structural material. The first result of this project is a concept design for a 300 m tall timber building sited in London.

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Keywords
buildings, structures & design, materials technology, timber structures
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials
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Journal ISSN
1747-650X
1747-6518
Volume Title
170
Publisher
ICE
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M01679X/1)
Leverhulme Trust (RP2013-SL-008)
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grant EP/M01679X/1.
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