US block confirmed as world’s tallest timber building

Ascent 1

25-storey Korb & Associates scheme in Milwaukee rises above Norway and Austria towers

A 25-storey office block in Milwaukee has been named as both the world’s tallest timber building and the tallest concrete-timber hybrid structure by international body the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

The scheme was designed by Korb & Associates, which is based in the city – the largest in the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin.

Named Ascent, the residential-led mixed-use scheme has 259 apartments and a sixth-floor pool.

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