Anthony Timberlands Center is a five-story facility constructed almost entirely of mass timber. Its construction marks the second cross-laminated timber (CLT) building on the University of Arkansas’ campus and is uniquely built with only the elevator opening being comprised of structural steel. The rest of the building is built from CLT and glu-laminated timber — even the queen truss, which supports the load of entire floor on its own. It was designed in collaboration between Dublin-based firm Grafton Architects and local Fayetteville firm Modus Studio.
The university aimed to utilize more of Arkansas’ natural resources in construction, and so approximately 60% of the project’s timber is Arkansas-native southern yellow pine. The remaining 40% of timber is spruce from Austria.
To make this project a reality, Nabholz worked closely with professionals from seven different countries across six different time zones — all to ensure the complex design was safely executed to the highest quality.
Nabholz performed the following scope for the project:
- Five-story mass timber building
- Entirely constructed of cross laminated timber walls, roof, and floors, and glu-laminated beams and columns
- Fabrication shop with large gantry crane
- Metal workshop
- Wood shop
- Seminar space
- Mixed-use facility space
- 3D printing lab
- Flexible studio space
- Classrooms
- Restrooms and showers
- Exhibition space
- Mezzanine overlooking fabrication shops
- Outdoor fabrication courtyard
- Outdoor seating and teaching spaces
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