Mcdonalds Cross Laminated Timber Chicago

I don t love the ultra modern outside look but i love the material.

Mcdonalds cross laminated timber chicago.

I wanted to see the new mcdonald s finished last year using mass timber cross laminated timber clt and gluelam. Mass timber and mcdonald s. Although the 19 000 sq ft mcdonald s marks the first use. The architecture i was most interested in seeing was not the most magnificent.

Clt is a successful building method thanks in part to the relative simplicity of its construction process. Mcdonald s answer was simple. Crews from general contractor walter daniels recently installed a cross laminated timber deck for a 19 000 sq ft mcdonald s restaurant in chicago. Cross laminated timber was used for the building s roof and was left exposed on the underside.

The new building which opened august 9 on the site. Our mcdonald s global flagship restaurant is starting to take shape featuring cross laminated timber. Mcdonald s is heavily touting the project s sustainability bonafides. It s a way to make the place stand out more than 75 years later mcdonald s is continuing to find ways to stand out this time through the unprecedented use of cross laminated timber clt in their chicago based restaurant at river north on clark and ontario street.

But a recent installation of cross laminated timber decking in a one story mcdonald s may mark a new era at least for low rise mass timber. Clark street is finally. Located on the site of the former rock n roll mcdonald s this new daylight filled space was constructed of steel and cross laminated timber with extensive plantings outside inside and above the 19 000 square foot structure. A chicago first for a commercial building heavytimber crosslaminatedtimber timberinnovations mcdonalds.