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Globeville Affordable Housing & Library

Mass Timber-Built Affordable Housing Complex Takes Inspiration from Denver’s Once Industrial District

Chicago-based architect John Ronan turned to prefabricated cross-laminated timber (CLT), combined with corrugated-metal panels, to design a new project that brings 173 affordable residential units and a 10,000-square-foot library to Denver’s emerging Globeville neighborhood.

Globeville Affordable Housing & Library
Photo Credit: John Ronan Architects

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