A WASHINGTON STATE FIRST
COMPLETE 2020
The Catalyst is Washington State’s first full mass timber building. Developed by Emerald Initiative, the project sought to find every opportunity to utilize mass timber - including innovative uses in the exterior and core walls. Over 450,000sf of higher education, research, and private sector offices fill this zero-carbon, zero-energy building.
NOTEWORTHY
One-of-a-kind CLT ‘curtainwood’ wall system
CLT lateral system
Longspan composite mass timber floor system
National AIA Innovation Award, 2021
With Katerra and MGA