Six-storey timber building opens in London
The mass timber office building includes 2,100m3 of cross-laminated timber.
The building, Paradise SE11, takes its name from its location. It overlooks Old Paradise Gardens, a green space with a children’s playground and sitting areas not far from Lambeth Palace.
In 2018, Bywater Properties bought the former Costa roastery site in Vauxhall, south London. They sought to build a sustainable office development with high operational efficiency, to create a workspace that supports the health and wellbeing of the people within it.
Stora Enso prefabricated the 2,100m3 of cross laminated timber, which were delivered by their UK partners B&K Structures.
The Sylva kit of parts only generated 110t of greenhouse gases (CO2e) to manufacture and 66t of CO2e to transport, according to Timber Development UK.
This avoided 2,400t of greenhouse gases, as verified by Stora Enso’s third party-verified EPDs.
Among the speakers at the launch was Mary Creagh – Minister for Nature and Labour MP for Coventry East, who reinforced the government's Timber in Construction Roadmap.
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