Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Hines’ first initiative in Melbourne, this development represents an exciting sign of the times for timber construction. With two massive timber offices already built in the US and several more slated to start in the coming years, the Hines T3 strategy (Timber, Transit and Technology) replaces structural systems such as concrete and steel with prefabricated solid wood systems, to create best-in-class projects in a fast, clean, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing manner.

Construction is well underway for a new 624 bed student accommodation building for La Trobe University. It will be the largest mass timber building in Victoria, utilising 4,640 cubic meters of Cross Laminated and Glued Laminated timber, and forms part of La Trobe’s ambitious plan to transform its Bundoora campus into a University City of the Future.