Summary:
- British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) has opened Tall Timber, a 12-storey mass-timber student housing tower on its Burnaby campus, adding 469 beds and doubling on-campus housing capacity to approximately 800.
- The $132 million project, funded primarily by a $129 million provincial grant and $3 million from BCIT fundraising, aims to reduce student commute times and ease pressure on the local rental market, supporting student success and workforce development in British Columbia.
- Designed by Perkins&Will and Fast+Epp, Tall Timber features prefabricated cross-laminated timber panels and concealed structural columns to create open living spaces and accelerate construction, making it Burnaby’s tallest mass-timber building despite some delays from the original Fall 2024 completion target.
Original article:
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bcit-burnaby-tall-timber-student-housing-tower-completion
