Why T3 Collingwood is Australia's Number 1 Timber Office Building

It's official. T3 Collingwood is Australia's top commercial timber project - with the high rise was one of four Victorian projects recognised at the Australian Timber Design Awards last night. The 15-storey tower, designed by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, is constructed from mass timber. It encompasses two basement levels, five concrete podium levels, and ten levels of exposed glulam post-and-beam structure with CLT floor panels.

In total, Hines used 2,358 cubic meters of cross-laminated timber (CLT) from XLam Australia and an additional 874 cubic meters of glue-laminated timber (GLT) from Australian sustainable hardwood (ASH).

Here from the judges at the Australian Timber Design Awards - including Rebecca Gidding - Planet Ark's CEO; Anthony Burke - host of Restoration Australia and Grand Designs Australia; Lisa Barbara - ex Interiors Lead at Fitzpatrick + Partners and current Cult ESG Manager; Michelle Di Giorgio - former Design Manager at Gensler and current member of the MPA pre-construction team; and Dr Ali Hadigheh, Associate Head of Research Education and Senior Lecturer at Sydney University.