This week’s #tbt project highlight features Prince George Airport Expansion and Renovation – Phase I and II – Completed in 2005 in Prince George, BC, Canada. EQUILIBRIUM’s Eric Karsh says, “Structures in airports are often quite expressive and serve as a focus of the architectural design. Although the Prince George Airport is an international airport, the spans are relatively small. While it was tempting at first to develop a more expressive structure, the scale did not warrant this. We instead chose a simple, west coast inspired post-and-beam solution and focused on the quality of the detailing to add a quiet level of refinement to the project. The Prince George Airport was the first major project in North America to use white glue glulam and 5-axis CNC shaping.” The two-phase expansion of the Prince George Airport includes the construction of a domestic departure and arrival lounge, an international arrival lounge complete with customs offices, new security areas, and baggage handling facilities for both domestic and international areas. With its wide-ranging use of local wood species, the airport demonstrates how a high-traffic building can benefit from the resilience, versatility, and thermal characteristics of wood. The airport’s primary structure features unfussy Douglas-fir glue-laminated timber (glulam) post and beam architecture. Architect: McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design now MGA | Michael Green Architecture and office of mcfarlane biggar architects + designers (omb) #glulam #timber #timberengineering #innovativedesign #resilientarchitecture #renovation #airport
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