Student dorm became world’s tallest wood building

UBC’s new wood tower Brock Commons was featured in Fast Company.

The 18-storey structure is mostly made up of CLT, a material invented in 1990s that plasters together alternating layers of imperfect wood and forms thick beams.

The building is also eco-friendly – it saves the environment 2,432 metric tons of CO2, which is comparable to taking 500 cars off the road for one year.

Brock Commons was also mentioned in Sourceable.