The academic wood tower rises on the northern edge of the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto and becomes an academic use when it opens. The 14-story building in 110 Devonshire Place designed by Patkau Architects and Maclennan Jaunhalns Miller Architects takes shape as a hybrid mass and steel structure. After completion, new facilities for the Rotman School of Management, the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Faculty of Kinesiology and Sthletes are provided. The project is partially financed by Wood Program (GCOWOWOWOW) by the Federal Green Construction and is intended as a national model for sustainable middle uprisings.
View to the northwest to U of t: Academic Wood Tower, designed by Patkau Architects and Maclennan Jaunt
The last update of urbantoronto was in February 2025. A month later, in March 2025, a distant view shows that the seven -story structure in the middle of the local skyline is now increasing. The mass wooden frame is partly visible behind a wrap of black and orange design stars, which rises north of the Goldring Center for high -performance sports, with which it combines structurally at the base. A red crane stands on the northeastern corner of the site. Cranes are also visible in the south and support the simultaneous U of t extensions at Innis College (Red Crane, left, back), in the Lawson Center (Yellow Crane, left, front) and the Woodsworth College (Gray, Mitte).
A distant view of the northwest to the emerging academic wood tower on the right, image of urbantoronto forum employee Walkiescorchie
This view recorded in April 2025 shows a vertical steel jet that is lifted on the spot for one of the two stair structures. The construction code at the time of submitting this building was submitted for approval, demanded steel structure, but since then changes in the code with the progress in the wooden frame and now also allowed the wood structure there. The frame connections and cross-bracing visible here are designed in such a way that they transfer lateral loads to the hybrid wood steel structure. Glulam rays (adhesive laminate wood) and mass wood floor panels can be seen over the tarps.
Looking west to a steel jet that is lifted in position, image of the urbantoronto forum participating in the immense mentally
At the beginning of this month, the building reached its eighth floor, with the East Structural Steel Stairste stairs now rose by two stages on the left. Also on the left we see the cantilever volume of the tower over the gold ring center. The concrete podium base is visible below the tarpaulin. The west staircase is hidden from this perspective. In contrast to the two stairs, the elevator core for the also hidden building will be structured from the wooden frame.
View of the southwest to the foreign volume above the Goldring Center, picture of Urbantoronto Forum participating Rdaner
The tower, which can be seen from the whole Bloor Street in the north, now has the roof line of the Dominion Meteorological Building, in which the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, is well exceeded with eight levels of the wood structure. Together with Glulam pillars and laminated floor decks, we see newly installed vertical posts on the northern height for the beginning of the ninth store frame. Diagonal Glulam clips are visible in the middle of the seventh level and in the corners of eighth place.
View south from the Bloor Street to the academic wooden tower, which rises above the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, image of urbantoronto forum employee Rdanerer
In recent times of Bloor and Bedford below, the construction on the ninth floor has reached, with more wooden columns and rays. A number of diagonal glulam tooth clips are visible on the east facade, where alternating patterns distribute the load via fresh and built -in volumes.
View to the southwest of Bloor and Bedford, Image of Urbantoronto Forum Fixed Northern Light
As soon as the academic wooden tower has been completed, it will be at 77 m below the highest buildings on the St. George Campus.
Urbantoronto will continue to pursue progress in this development. In the meantime, however, you can find out more about this from our database file linked below. If you want, you can join the conversation in the associated project forum thread or leave a comment in the room provided on this page.
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