Limberlost Place Completed exterior shot showing the full building from an elevated view

Limberlost Place Wins 2025 ACEC Award of Excellence, Project of the Year, and Catalyst Award

October 24, 2025

We are delighted to share that Limberlost Place has received the ACEC Award of Excellence in Innovation and Technical Advancement. The jury also honored it with the Project of the Year Award and Catalyst Award, celebrating this project for it’s outstanding technical advancement and engineering innovation.

“This groundbreaking project stood out for its bold structural innovation and environmental leadership. The jury recognized it as a transformative achievement that pushes the boundaries of tall wood construction.”

This 10-storey, net-zero carbon exposed mass timber building – designed by Moriyama Teshima Architects and Acton Ostry Architects for George Brown College in Toronto – sets a new benchmark as Ontario’s first tall timber institutional project.

Limberlost Place features an innovative beamless, large-span structural system, integrating timber–concrete composite (TCC) CLT slab bands and perpendicular CLT infill panels, supported by glulam columns. This flat plate system enhanced architectural flexibility and allowed for efficient, unobstructed mechanical distribution.

Extensive testing of this system at the University of Northern British Columbia examined strength, vibration, shear, and connection performance, which validated and informed the final design of Limberlost Place. The valuable findings in this research has been made open-source to support innovation in our industry and advance the next generation of tall wood construction.

Fast + Epp is honoured to have collaborated with the entire team on the innovative design of this project that will continue to influence design and construction of mass timber.

Click here to watch the jury’s comments and discover more about Limberlost Place’s recognition at the ACEC Awards.