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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat designates the 284-ft-tall Ascent as the world’s tallest timber structure.

Under a $5.7-million task order from the National Park Service, a team of HDR and Moffatt & Nichol is working on design and other early-stage work for an initial segment of the project.

U.S. is now home to the world's tallest timber building at 284 ft, which beats the record holder in height by 4 ft.

It’s not often easy to be first. But that hasn’t stopped an intrepid adventurer from going against the prevailing winds of structural practice to debut a dynamic shift in skyscraper engineering that at minimum promises improved tall-building resilience and sustainability—at a reduced cost.

As drought-plagued western states watch their water sources literally dry up, California is digging deeper.

The initiative is geared toward improving building energy performance and community resilience to extreme weather events and other effects of the climate crisis.