Located in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats district, Industrial Long Wood is an exposed mass timber building measuring 27 metres high by 21 metres wide and 162 metres long, equivalent to a 54-storey tower laid on its side. The raised form and simple articulated massing evokes the coupling of freight cars and the rhythm of the surrounding rail yards. To achieve economy through speed of construction, a “keep it simple” design approach leverages repetition and prefabrication. Industrial Long Wood utilizes a disciplined, repetitive mass timber structural system comprised of glulam columns and braces, CLT infill panels supported on glulam edge beams, and a flush central steel beam. Ground floor use is light manufacturing, with digital tech office space above. Shared penthouse amenity space is capped with an expansive green roof.