Tallest wooden building

What to remember

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a 25-storey apartment building was built from mass timber. Completed in 2022, Ascent MKE stands 87 m tall, enough to top the wooden buildings for height. It edged out the Mjøstårnet in Brumunddal, Norway.

Its structure is a hybrid, with mass timber alongside other materials. The building has 259 luxury apartments, retail space, an elevated pool with operable window walls and a sky-deck. The plans were unveiled in 2018.

In May 2019, the project received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, through the Forest Service's wood innovation programme. The aim was to show that mass timber performs as well as concrete and steel while meeting American building codes.