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International House Sydney

In 2016, the country's first commercial wooden multistorey office building was built in Sydney in the district of Barangaroo South. This project marks not only a milestone in the history of HESS TIMBER but also in the Australian construction industry. The foundation for a trend-setting and novel way of building in the urban context was created. To meet the requirements of a commercial building with complex installation levels, HESS TIMBER has developed a new laminated timber beam solution using a combination of spruce and beech that allowed for large service penetrations to be formed within the beam profile whilst providing impressive load bearing capacities. In addition to intensive research and development work, HESS TIMBER's services included the manufacture, pre-assembly and delivery of components to various ports within Europe.

Location

Sydney, Australia

Client

Stora Enso

General contractor

Lendlease Australia

Architect

Tzannes, Jonathan Evans

Construction period

2016

Status

Completed

Project category

Multistorey, Glued laminated timber

Details

A newly developed composite beam setup enables for the first time large openings in a glulam beam without losing load-bearing capacity or clear height and furthermore no need of further reinforcement.

  • Wood species: Spruce, Beech (beam reinforcement)
  • Volume: 950 m³ glued laminated timber

Product / Solution

GLT BLOCK, Glued laminated timber

Awards

  • NSW Development of the Year Award 2019
  • AIA (NSW) Milo Dunphy Award 2018 for Sustainable Architecture
  • AIA (NSW) Sir Arthur G. Stephenson Award 218 for Commercial Architecture
  • Australian Timber Design Award 2017
  • Australian Timber Design Award 2017 - Excellence award for Public or Commercial Building
  • Australian Timber Design Award 2017 - Excellence award for Sustainability
  • Australian Timber Design Award 2017 - Peoples’ Choice
  • Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture and Design - International Architecture Award 2017

International House Sydney (22.06.2016 © Lendlease Group)

Published by: Lendlease Group

The video presents the project "International House Sydney", a seven storey office building with approx. 7,910 m² of space within the Barangaroo South area for which HESS TIMBER delivered the timber construction. It’s the first commercial office building in Australia constructed from timber!