T3 RiNo: Mass Timber Office Advances Denver's Low-Carbon Workplace Design
The exposed timber structure—comprising glulam columns and beams supporting cross-laminated timber floor panels topped with a concrete slab—anchors the building’s architectural expression while reducing embodied carbon. The structure contains about 188,000 cu ft of mass timber, sequestering more than 4,100 metric tons of C02 and cutting embodied carbon roughly 38% compared with conventional construction.
“As the facade pulls back, you start to see the timber grid behind it,” says Anthony Markese, principal at Pickard Chilton. “Even from blocks away, you understand that the building is something different.
Listen to Ron Klemencic's inspiring acceptance speech at the 2018 ENR Awards. Klemencic calls on firms to jointly fund and collaborate on public sector research to advance the state-of-the-art of construction across the board.