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Plans for the project were unveiled in 2018. While the initial design included 21 floors, updates and subsequent approvals brought the total to 25 floors in March 2020.
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conference in Dubai, the 2019 international CTBUH conference in Chicago, the 2019 International Mass Timber conference in Portland.
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Construction on Ascent began in August 2020, and the building was completed in August 2022.
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Ascent, the world's tallest mass timber hybrid building, after completion in 2022.
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The project has been presented at the 2018 international
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Residential
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
United States
Bus interchange
MCTS
Tram interchange
The Hop
ascentmke.com
mass timber
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mjøstårnet
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service's Wood Innovations Grant program
U.S. building codes
CTBUH
List of tallest wooden buildings
List of tallest buildings in Milwaukee


"Construction starts on unusual $ 80 million, 25-story mass timber apartment tower in downtown Milwaukee"
"Ascent - The Skyscraper Center"
"284-Ft 'Ascent' Could Break Mass Timber Tower Height Record"
Engineering News-Record
Archived
"World's Tallest Wooden Building Might Soon Join Milwaukee Skyline"
"Log Cabins? No, These Wooden Buildings Are High-Rises"
"Rare timber frame, 21-story downtown Milwaukee apartment tower wins Plan Commission approval"
"Forest Service announces 2019 Wood Innovation Grant Awards"
"World's tallest wood building rising in Milwaukee"

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