By Crispin Howes Format: PowerPoint – Video Length: One Hour – Dowloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Transformation AGO is the recently completed renovation of the Art Gallery of Ontario by Frank Gehry. Crispin Howes discusses the technology used to design and build this complex structure.
Case Studies
Aspen Art Museum – Creating an Innovative Wood Structure
By Gregory R. Kingsley – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Dowloadable Handout: No – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – This case study presentation will describe the innovative design and construction of the Aspen Art Museum wood structure, including paths explored but not chosen for the final design.
Bergen in a Wood Construction Fever
By Rune Abrahamsen – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – This presentation examines Treet a 14 storey timber apartment building in Norway which is scheduled to be built during 2014. The building will be one of the tallest timber buildings in the world.
CLT classrooms: A pilot project in Washington State
By Joe Mayo – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Handout: No. This course examines a pilot project in Washington State that tested the use of CLT to design and construct three modular classroom buildings in Western Washington.
Construction of Treet the Worlds Tallest Timber Building
By Ole Herbrand Kleppe and Rune Abrahamsen – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: 90 Minutes – Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – This course discusses the construction of the 14 storey apartment building from both the builder’s and developer’s perspective.
Eden Project – The Core
By Ulrich Dangel – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: No – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – The Education Centre also known as The Core, is a support facility of the Eden Project in Cornwall, England. This building incorporates unique design elements in its’ wood construction.
Global Lessons from Local Forests
By Alan D Paradis – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Handout: Yes. Through the example of the Biomass Power Plant at Hotchkiss School this presentation highlights distinctive and sustainable infrastructure.
Ideas and Principles for Structurally Efficient Low-Rise Commercial Timber Building
By Claude Lamothe, Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: No, This presentation will feature several innovative and efficient structural systems used in low-rise buildings located in North America and overseas.
Innovative Swiss Timber Architecture
PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations and EIC – Handout: Yes. This presentation will introduce the viewer to a plethora of new remarkable Swiss timber architecture with reference to some new products and production techniques.
Inspiration from Century Old Heavy Timber Buildings (panel discussion).
Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handouts: Yes. A building official, fire engineer and structural engineer will discuss in a panel format inspiration that can be drawn from century old tall wood buildings
