The Hive

This ten-story tall wood mass timber office building features an eye-catching honeycomb-style exterior with seismic and biophilic benefits. This building has nine stories that are primarily constructed of mass timber above a concrete podium and parking garage. Kalesnikoff was the mass timber supplier of Cross-laminated timber and Glulam beams for this landmark project.

This complex project, with a fully integrated and coordinated steel and timber model, required a high level of coordination and expertise. The Kalesnikoff team worked collaboratively with an integrated design and engineering team to bring the project successfully to completion. The building’s structure features a timber braced system, integrated into the honeycomb exterior design. This innovative approach eliminates the need for an interior concrete core, resulting in a significant reduction in embodied carbon and showcases the potential of mass timber construction methods. The mass timber structure has an entirely electric mechanical system resulting in a more ecologically sound commercial office environment.