Client: The South Bank University
Architects: Building Design Partnership
Timber suppliers: Finnforest Merk
Structural timberwork: Cowley Structural Timberwork Ltd
Timber engineers: Parkman Ltd

• Glulam column
• Glulam props
• Kerto LVL mullions and transoms
• Timber cladding

This building has several structural timber innovations. The curtain wall is 33.4m high and 30.1m wide. The mullions and transoms are made from Kerto Laminated Veneer Lumber, stabilised to the building frame by 250mm diameter glulam props.

There are two 6-storey Kerto-based pods serving as rooms for lectures, meetings, offices, coffee, etc. which are secured laterally to the building frame and supported by glulam columns.