University of Washington Founders Hall
Seattle, WA-
Bldg system
Mass Timber
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No. Of Stories
6
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Sq. footage
96,000
Founders Hall rises to house the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. The six-story mass timber building provides instructional, academic, and administrative spaces, including classrooms, offices, team rooms, workshop space, and large common areas. To create a greater sense of community, Founders Hall is thoughtfully nestled into a major gateway through the campus, making is a key space of connection to the rest of campus. Holmes is conducting full code consulting on Founders Hall through a Design-Build delivery method.
In order to extend the mass timber element of the building higher than four-stories, the project team designed a concrete core structure to hold all assembly spaces and large meetings rooms, with a mass timber structure surrounding the core. A faux atrium connects the assembly space linking various building programming, a key goal of the University of Washington.
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Building Type:
Educational
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Material Types:
Mass Timber, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
Companies Involved:
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LMN Architects
Architect
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Holmes
Fire Engineer
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Mass Timber Consulting
Mass Timber Connection Design, DfMA, Shop Drawings
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Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Structural EOR
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Hoffman Construction
Contractor
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Sansin
Timber Finishes
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Simpson Strong-Tie
Connectors and screws
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Mercer Mass Timber (MASS TIMBER)
Mass timber (previously Structurlam)