Project of the Month

January 2022 —– A highly anticipated covered outdoor rink at Gore Meadows Community Centre in Brampton, ON, was brought to life with the help of Sansin. The four-season structure is the first of its kind in the city. It hosts community events in the summer and ice skating in the winter. Designed by ZAS Architects … Read more

December 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION A first-of-its kind building in San Francisco is protected with Sansin. Considered a milestone for mass timber in California, the 134,000-square foot triangular 1 De Haro is the first cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure in San Francisco and is also California’s first multi-story mass timber building. The mixed-use commercial … Read more

November 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION This lakeside retreat in Washington state features a modern main house, guest house and barn with rich Western Red Cedar siding and solid sawn Douglas Fir timbers that were hand-selected from British Columbia. Built in 2017, the owners were struggling with the performance of the original protective finish. … Read more

October 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION Created as a warm, welcoming place for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students alike, the Odeyto Indigenous Centre at Seneca College in Toronto, Ontario, was inspired by the Anishinaabe word “Odeyto” which means “good journey”. The project conceptualizes this sentiment with the image of a wooden canoe pulling up to … Read more

September 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION Designed to encourage year-round enjoyment, the Parc des Saphirs ice rink is located in an urban park on the edge of the Royal Quebec Golf Club in Boischatel, QC. The rink invites community members for skating and hockey in the winter and ball hockey or basketball in the … Read more

July 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION The Site Entrance Building at the Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario, which is managed by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), is one of the first federal government buildings built out of mass timber. Featuring mass timber as a sustainable building material is key in helping reduce the carbon emission … Read more

June 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION The National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC) at Syracuse University in New York is a one-of-a-kind educational facility that is dedicated to veterans, military families, and the community at large. SHoP Architects created a thoughtful design that artfully accommodates the building’s many uses with meeting areas, classrooms, offices and … Read more

May 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION The Zorghotel de Egmonden in the Dutch coastal region of North Holland features fully-equipped and handicap accessible upscale holiday apartments for those recovering from surgery or needing special accommodations. Constructed by Tervoort and designed by Swan Art To Build, the curved thermally modified frake wood cladding is protected with … Read more

April 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION The New Student Centre Building at Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada, features a sustainable design that helps the building blend with its surroundings. The design team, comprised of Yallowega Bélanger Salach Architecture and Gow Hastings Architects, incorporated wood, glass and metal to create a comfortable living room-like gathering … Read more

March 2021 —– NATURALLY PERFECT® WOOD PROTECTION The City of Calgary’s Laycock Park Pedestrian Bridge in Alberta, Canada, features two 37-meter (121 foot) glulam girders made of Alaskan Yellow Cedar — fabricated by Western Archrib and installed by Volker Stevin. The bridge replaces one that partially washed away during a flood, reconnects the city’s north-south … Read more