Scion Innovation Building, is a Crown Research Institute that specialises in technology development for the forestry industry. The building is a cutting edge showcase for engineered timber, not only in terms of aesthetic but what it contributes to a zero carbon future. A highlight is the peaks in glulam timber standing tall at the entrance.

The list of international awards the building has won is too long to include in its introduction, but one of note is the World Timber Building of the Year, World Architecture Festival 2020 - 2021.

Today we're lucky to be speaking with Jeremy Smith from Irving Smith Architects and Alistair Catanach from Dunning Thornton Engineers about the building, structural systems, innovation and much more.

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/