We’re inside 837 Beatty Street, one of Vancouver’s oldest industrial buildings. Built in 1911 from brick and Douglas fir, it once sat beside a rail spur at the edge of the city’s industrial core. More than a hundred years later it’s getting a four-storey addition, this time crafted from mass timber.
The project preserves and repairs the original heavy timber beams and NLT, while echoing the original structure with new glulam and NLT. It’s a great story of adaptive reuse – looking forward to seeing this one completed.
Architecture by OMB
Engineering by Fast & Epp
Construction by Etro
Owner Reliance Properties
Glulam fabricator Western Arch Rib
Mass timber installer & NLT fabricator – Kinsol Timber Systems Ltd.
Building envelope consultant – Entuitive
Filmed as part of our exploration of mass timber in British Columbia with Naturally Wood, find more info on this project naturallywood.com
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