Canada's Wood Innovation Design Centre

North America's tallest all wood building at the University of Northern British Columbia

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WIDC North Americas tallest all wood building

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With a concrete pad and a variety of engineered timber, the Wood Innovation Design Centre (WIDC) is an example of innovation in action.

It features:

  • more than 1,700 cubic metres of wood
  • glulam columns and beams
  • laminated strand lumber (LSL) and parallel strand lumber (PSL) transfer beams 
  • cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor assemblies and core vertical panels
  • laminated veneer lumber (LVL) feature stairs and canopy

Read more about the design and construction process at Michael Green Architecture

See videos of the build at the UNBC's engineering website 

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