Anthony Timberlands Center • Whitby Wood
An exterior architectural photograph of the Anthony Timberlands Center by Whitby Wood, showcasing mass timber construction, vertical louvers, and expressive folded roof geometries.
- What we like about this project
- A cantilevered balcony carved into the top corner of the taller timber tower offers elevated views framed by structural glulam members.
Materials
- timber
- metal
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding
- sloped-roof
- vertical-fins
- tower-balcony
- metal-siding
Style tags
- contemporary
- timber-craft
- expressive-roofline
Visual tags
- mass-timber
- educational
- civic
- contemporary-vernacular
- sustainable
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition combining a tall, multi-story timber-clad tower with an angled, shed-roof wing and smaller gabled peaks.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen facade featuring vertical timber boards and louvers over lower levels, paired with standing-seam or composite metal panels above.
- Structural guess
- Mass timber framing with glulam columns and beams supporting complex pitched and shed roof geometries.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story civic or academic building featuring a prominent multi-level tower and lower welcoming wings.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight with soft, even illumination and subtle shadows along the wooden facade fins.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and approachable, balancing raw natural wood tones against clean metallic cladding under an open sky.
- Environmental context
- Low-density suburban or campus setting with surrounding young pine trees and paved hardscape.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents an inviting public approach via an elevated wooden boardwalk leading directly toward a glazed entryway beneath sloping timber eaves.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical timber fins and boards create a continuous texture that contrasts with the smooth, taller metal-clad upper volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mass timber architecture with regional vernacular references
- Program
- Academic or research center for timber innovation
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, metal, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding, sloped-roof, vertical-fins, tower-balcony, metal-siding
- Style tags
- contemporary, timber-craft, expressive-roofline
- Visual tags
- mass-timber, educational, civic, contemporary-vernacular, sustainable
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition combining a tall, multi-story timber-clad tower with an angled, shed-roof wing and smaller gabled peaks.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen facade featuring vertical timber boards and louvers over lower levels, paired with standing-seam or composite metal panels above.
- Structural guess
- Mass timber framing with glulam columns and beams supporting complex pitched and shed roof geometries.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story civic or academic building featuring a prominent multi-level tower and lower welcoming wings.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight with soft, even illumination and subtle shadows along the wooden facade fins.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and approachable, balancing raw natural wood tones against clean metallic cladding under an open sky.
- Environmental context
- Low-density suburban or campus setting with surrounding young pine trees and paved hardscape.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents an inviting public approach via an elevated wooden boardwalk leading directly toward a glazed entryway beneath sloping timber eaves.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical timber fins and boards create a continuous texture that contrasts with the smooth, taller metal-clad upper volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mass timber architecture with regional vernacular references
- Program
- Academic or research center for timber innovation
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture