Michael Green is a Canadian architect, co-founder of

Michael Green Architecture Michael Green Architecture Inc., commonly referred to as MGA, is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based multi-disciplinary architecture and interior design firm founded by Michael Green (architect) in 2012. History Michael Green Architectu ...

which he leads with firm partner Natalie Telewiak, and an author of books on

mass timber Engineered wood, also called mass timber, composite wood, man-made wood, or manufactured board, includes a range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding or fixing the strands, particles, fibres, or veneers or boards of woo ...

construction. ''The Case for Tall Wood Buildings'' is a case study on using materials such as

cross-laminated timber Cross-laminated timber (CLT) (a sub-category of engineered wood) is a wood panel product made from gluing together at least three layers of solid-sawn lumber, i.e., lumber cut from a single log. Each layer of boards is usually oriented perpendicu ...

panels and engineered

glulam Glued laminated timber, commonly referred to as glulam, is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant structural adhesives so that all of the grain run ...

wood beams to build skyscrapers as tall as 30 storeys, originally prepared in 2012 by Green, Equilibrium Consulting, LMDG Ltd. and BTY Group. Green also coauthored ''Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance,'' which was published by

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in 2017. In March 2020,

published the second and expanded edition of this book. In 2013, Green gave a TED talk titled “''Why we should build Wooden Skyscrapers''’. In 2014, Green received an honorary doctorate degree from the

University of Northern British Columbia The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) is a small, research-intensive public university in British Columbia, Canada. The main campus is located in Prince George, with additional campuses located in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Quesnel, an ...

. Michael Green is the founder of Design Build Research and Timber Online Education, a non-profit school and research platform dedicated to teaching the design and construction of socially, culturally and environmentally relevant student-led installations with a focus in systemic change in building for climate, environment, disaster and global shelter needs. Green’s architecture firm

designed the seven-stor
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building in

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, which was built using 3,600 cubic metres of wood, and is intended to sequester about 3,200 tonnes of carbon for the life of the building. In 2021, MGA ,

was chosen as Best Firm in North America by Architizer Magazine.

Publications

* ''The Case for Tall Wood Buildings'', -2012 * ''Technical guide for the design and construction of tall wood buildings in Canada'', FP Innovation -2014 * ''Alpenglow'', -2015 * ''The Case for Tall Wood Buildings (2nd Edition)'', -2017 * ''Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance.'',

-2017 * ''Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance (2nd Expanded Edition)'',

-2020 * ''Technical guide for the design and construction of tall wood buildings in Canada (2021 Edition)'', FP Innovation -IN PROGRESS

Recognition

Michael Green was the Project Principal for MGA's four Governor General’s Awards for Ronald McDonald House,* Wood Innovation and Design Centre, North Vancouver City Hall,** and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Dock Building. ''*Project began at McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design and completed at Michael Green Architecture'' **''Lead Design Architect: Michael Green, formerly of McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design, now of Michael Green Architecture''

References

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