Ascent MKE
Residential in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Ascent MKE is a mass timber hybrid high-rise apartment building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] The 284-foot (87 meter),[2] 25-story high-rise is the world's tallest mass timber structure, edging out Norway's Mjøstårnet.[3][4] It features 259 luxury apartments, retail space, an elevated pool with operable window walls, and a sky-deck.[5][6]
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
United States| Ascent MKE | |
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Ascent, the world's tallest mass timber hybrid building, at completion in 2022. | |
 Interactive map of the Ascent MKE area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | 700 E. Kilbourn Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States |
| Construction started | 2020 |
| Opening | 2022 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Korb + Associates |
| Developer | New Land Enterprises/ Wiechmann Enterprises |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access |  MCTS The Hop |
| Website | |
| ascentmke | |
In May 2019, Ascent was named a recipient of a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant awarded through the Forest Service's Wood Innovations Grant program.[7] The federal grant assisted with the testing needed to prove mass timber's ability to perform as well as traditional building materials like concrete and steel to meet U.S. building codes.[8]
Plans for the project were unveiled in 2018.[9] While the initial design included 21 floors,[10][11] updates and subsequent approvals brought the total to 25 floors in March 2020.[12][13]
The project has been presented at the 2018 international CTBUH conference in Dubai,[14] the 2019 international CTBUH conference in Chicago, the 2019 International Mass Timber conference in Portland.[15]
Construction on Ascent began in August 2020, and the building was completed in August 2022.[1]