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Mid-Rise Wood Construction Events

World’s Tallest Timber Residential Building: Hear first-hand from the Danish Architect

Places at the Mid-Rise Wood Construction event hosting Enlai Hooi, Global Head of Innovation at Schmidt Hammer Lassen, are quickly filling up.

Recently Schmidt Hammer Lassen won an international competition to build a new residential building in the Swiss city of Winterthur which, when completed, will be the “world’s tallest residential building with a load-bearing structure in wood”.

For your chance to hear Enali share inspiring insights into the project and to discuss the opportunities for urban and building design register now for the Auckland or Wellington event. 

This is a free event but space is limited so reserve your spot today.

Where & When

AUCKLAND, Park Hyatt Residence Room – 18th October 2022, 5:30pm

Click here to Register for Auckland

WELLINGTON, Prefab Hall – 19th October 2022, 5:30pm

Click here to Register for Wellington

‘HomeGround’ Case Study Event

The award winning Auckland City Mission ‘HomeGround’ building is the venue for a stand-alone Mass Timber Case Study seminar brought to you by Mid-Rise Wood Construction.

This is a fantastic opportunity for those in the wood industry; architects, project teams and industry partners, to step inside this award winning Mass Timber building and learn more about the processes that brought the Auckland City Mission, and the Auckland city-scape, HomeGround.

Speakers at this event include;

Gary Lawson – Principal, Stevens Lawson

Lana Duboka – ANZ Major Projects Director, AECOM

Darren Cutfield – NZ Operations Manager, Built Environs

This is a free event and will ‘sell out’ quickly. 

PLEASE NOTE: Registrations are limited to 3 people per registration, per company. If for any reason you are unable to attend, please cancel your ticket to free up space other attendees.

Where & When

AUCKLAND, Auckland City Mission – 18th October 2022, 3:00 – 5:00pm

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