Portland, one of the United States’ leading cities for sustainable initiatives, is currently home to the nation’s tallest mass timber and cross-laminated timber (CLT) building. Designed by local design studio PATH Architecture, Carbon12 soars to a height of 85 feet and comprises eight stories of mixed-use programming along with 14 residential units. Resistant to earthquakes and other natural disasters, the building is also said to surpass the carbon sequestration attributes of LEED Platinum-certified...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/peek-inside-the-tallest-cross-laminated-timber-building-in-the-us
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