One Young (née Mayfair Hotel) | 5 fl | Complete

[westwardloo]

University of Toronto is building a new 14-story building with this material.

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-build-a...nto-campus

"It follows a growing international trend towards tall timber structures, which have been lauded for their low carbon footprint, fire safety and faster construction time."

What about them deserves lauding for fire safety?

CLT (Cross-laminated-timber) NLT (Nail-Laminated-Timber) and GLT (Glue-laminated-timber) tends to char as appose to burn. So structurally it can be more safe than steel as steel melts at high temperatures. The building code and cities are still warming up to the idea of wood as a fire stop though. That is why you see the concrete stair well in many of the wood. 

I do hope a developer in the region will be brave enough to build a highrise timber building in the 10-20fl range. I know of an office building being proposed by Conestoga mall, but it is only 4 floors.  I do think it will be the universities taking the lead on these types of buildings though. So hopefully Waterloo considers it next time they build another engineering building.