Video: Mass timber on the rise with Arup in Perth

Westralia Square 2 (WS2) is the new office tower now complete in Perth. It’s a piece of workplace design notable on a number of different levels: as the very first timber hybrid office tower in the city, and indeed as the new home for master engineering firm Arup themselves. Arup is the anchor tenant, with the design having been completed in partnership with Hames Sharley. The project celebrates Indigenous culture and is even targeting the Living Building Challenge.In recent years, mass ti