{"id":7100,"date":"2023-12-02T14:57:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T03:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=7100"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:27:20","slug":"explore-boola-katatjin-australias-newest-glulam-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/explore-boola-katatjin-australias-newest-glulam-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Boola Katatjin Is One of the Most Awarded Buildings for 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first mass timber-engineered building in Western Australia has won the state’s highest honour in the 2023 Australian Insitute of Architects Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covered by the West<\/a>, the 180-meter-long structure has earned its title as the Southern Hemisphere’s largest mass timber building, even securing a feature on ABC’s Landline.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $135 million building was also awarded for Education Architecture and Sustainable Architecture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But beyond the sum of its parts \u2014 designed by Carey Lyons from Aspect Studios and supported by Perth-based Trent Woods, Officer Woods – and local design firms Fulcrum Agency and Silver Thomas Hanley<\/a> \u2014 the design gives the 50-year-old campus a new heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The building is 180 metres long and comprises 16000 square metres of educational space. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to Trent Woods from Officer Woods, this six-star Green Star building is a true triumph of scale and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe timber aspect of the building is its greatest environmental showcase because it is demonstrating the ability to build timber frame at a large scale, at a tertiary institution level,\u201d said Mr Woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the great things about this building is its use of scale. Everything is slightly larger, slightly bigger than you would expect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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