The Edison, located at 1005 North Edison Street in Milwaukee, WI., is set to become the world’s tallest mass timber tower at 31 stories and 365-ft. The building has a total of 308,913 residential rentable square feet and 378 residential market-rate units (studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom) as well as approximately 7,200 square feet of complementary retail space.

The building’s materials are estimated to reduce embodied carbon footprint by 17% (without accounting for biogenic carbon) and 54% (with biogenic carbon), as well as reduce the operation carbon footprint and energy consumption by 45% compared to conventional buildings of the same typology and use. Edison will pursue Passive House certification from PHIUS 2021.

The lateral force resisting system of the building is highly optimized with a compact central reinforced concrete core and strategically located outrigger walls to reduce overall tension of the building foundation system.

The gravity system is comprised of glulam columns and girders, cross laminated timber panels at the perimeter with a post-tensioned slab around the concrete core system.