Michael Green (architect)

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Michael Green [1] is a Canadian architect, co-founder of Michael Green Architecture which he leads with firm partner Natalie Telewiak, and an author of books on mass timber construction. The Case for Tall Wood Buildings [2] [3] is a case study on using materials such as cross-laminated timber panels and engineered glulam wood beams to build skyscrapers as tall as 30 storeys, originally prepared in 2012 by Green, Equilibrium Consulting, LMDG Ltd. and BTY Group. [4] [5] Green also coauthored Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance, which was published by Birkhäuser in 2017. [6] [7] In March 2020, Birkhäuser published the second and expanded edition of this book. [8] [9] In 2013, Green gave a TED talk titled “Why we should build Wooden Skyscrapers’. [10] In 2014, Green received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Northern British Columbia. [11]

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Michael Green is the founder of Design Build Research [12] and Timber Online Education, [13] 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 Michael Green Architecture designed the seven-story T3 building in Minneapolis, 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. [14] [15]

In 2021, MGA | Michael Green Architecture was chosen as Best Firm in North America by Architizer Magazine. [16]

Publications

Recognition

Michael Green was the Project Principal for MGA's four Governor General’s Awards for Ronald McDonald House,* [23] Wood Innovation and Design Centre, [24] North Vancouver City Hall,** [25] and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Dock Building. [26]

*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

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References

  1. ↑ "Apostle of Wood: Wood Innovation and Design Centre and Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon, British Columbia". Canadian Architect. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  2. ↑ Green Michael; Karsh J. Eric (2012). The Case for Tall Wood Buildings. MGB Architecture + Design. https://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/publications-Tall-Wood.pdf Retrieved 2020-04-26
  3. ↑ Case for Tall Wood Buildings: Second Edition. ASIN   1366377419.
  4. ↑ "Michael Green presents 'The Case for Tall Wood Buildings'". ArchDaily. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  5. ↑ "The Case for Tall Wood — How Mass Timber Offers a Safe, Economical, and Environmentally Friendly Alternative for Tall Building Structures" . Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  6. ↑ Green, Michael; Taggart, Jim (2017-01-11). Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance. Birkhäuser. ISBN   978-3-0356-0476-4.
  7. ↑ Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance. ASIN   3035604754.
  8. ↑ Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance. Second and expanded edition. ASIN   3035618852.
  9. ↑ Green, Michael; Taggart, Jim (2020-03-09). Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance. Second and expanded edition. Birkhäuser. ISBN   978-3-0356-1886-0.
  10. ↑ Green, Michael. "Michael Green | Speaker | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  11. ↑ PEEBLES, Frank. "UNBC honorary degree recipients announced". Prince George Citizen. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  12. ↑ "About DBR". DBR | Design Build Research. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  13. ↑ "TOE". Timber Online Education. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  14. ↑ "This architect wants to build entire cities out of wood". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  15. ↑ Stinson, Elizabeth (16 February 2018). "Why This Bold Architect Loves Building Skyscrapers Made of Wood". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  16. ↑ "2021 Best of the Year - North America". Architizer. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  17. ↑ https://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/publications-Tall-Wood.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  19. ↑ "Michael Green - "Grow Your Rings"".
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  21. ↑ Green, Michael; Taggart, Jim (2017). Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance. Birkhäuser. ISBN   978-3035604757.
  22. ↑ Green, Michael; Taggart, Jim (2020). Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. ISBN   978-3035618853.
  23. ↑ "Governor General's Medals in Architecture — 2016 Recipient". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  24. ↑ "Governor General's Medals in Architecture — 2016 Recipient". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  25. ↑ "Governor General's Medals in Architecture — 2014 Recipient". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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