The 50-storey structure, designed by architects Elenberg Fraser, will be over 11 metres higher than Atlassian’s Sydney tower which is under construction.
, after his C6 apartment building in South Perth was approved by Western Australia’s Joint Development Assessment Panel.
C6 will incorporate 7400 cubic metres of mass timber in its construction – equating to more than 40 per cent of the total structure alongside concrete, steel and other materials – and will sequester 10.5 million kilograms of carbon dioxide during the building phase, the equivalent of 4885 economy-class seats on flights from Perth to London.
“The built environment accounts for 39 per cent of global emissions, and our industry is perilously lagging in innovation to address this global challenge,” Dibble said. Development giant Lendlease has been at the forefront of timber building construction in Australia over the past decade. In 2019, it completed its second timber building at Barangaroo that it leased to WeWork.
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