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MK40 Tower
Timber tower as artwork for Milton Keynes Gallery
: Milton Keynes Gallery
: Completed
: Milton Keynes, UK
: Completed
: Milton Keynes, UK
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: Cultural
: Collaboration, Digital Manufacturing, Engineered Timber, Sustainability Exemplars
: Collaboration, Digital Manufacturing, Engineered Timber, Sustainability Exemplars
Structural engineer Price&Myers
Milton Keynes Gallery (MK-G) invited us to design a temporary artwork to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the city of Milton Keynes.
Our response was a tower that would allow visitors to discover unique views across the buildings and trees, offering a conceptual contrast with the predominantly horizontal city.
We were also keen to use the structure as a chance to test the possibilities of cross-laminated timber. To this end, the tower uses different types of staircase to prove the equivalent of a seven-storey timber building core.
Structural engineer Price&Myers

MK40 Tower elevations

Concept model, completed tower

Top of Tower

Assembly
2008
Best Small Project and Best Use of Panel Products
Shortlisted
2008
Best Structural Project (LABC Built in Quality - National Awards)
Winner
2008
Best Public or Community Project (LABC Built in Quality - Central Region Awards)
Winner