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The Ascent MKE is a mass timber example completed in 2022. From Wikipedia:

> The 284-foot (87 meter), 25-story high-rise is the world's tallest mass timber structure, edging out Norway's Mjøstårnet. It features 259 luxury apartments, retail space, an elevated pool with operable window walls, and a sky-deck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascent_MKE

https://ascentmke.com/




I'm still a bit fuzzy on the actual structure of these buildings. Based on descriptions in Wiki and elsewhere mentioning "cutting out holes for windows and doors" it makes it seem like the structure is not just the usual steel frame but with wood beams instead of steel, but there are instead perhaps full wall surfaces made of CLT which would participate in load bearing which I can see adding a lot more strength.




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