Seattle Mass Timber Tower Study

CallisonRTKL’s sustainability experts tackle a feasibility study and design and construction analysis discussing how wood can be used in tall towers.

Now more than ever, our clients are looking for ways to create projects that are more affordable, thoughtful and sustainable. Some of CallisonRTKL’s top designers studied an approach that may incorporate all three of these factors in a new and hereto untested technique—using wood and wood fiber in taller structures.

This report is not an answer. Rather it is the beginning of an important discussion about mass timber construction (MTC), cross laminated timber (CLT), nail laminated timber (NLT), and their uses in buildings above ten stories.

Seattle Mass Timber Tower Study