Toronto’s skyline is getting some company in the form of a new generation of tall towers constructed out of wood, and the first of the bunch is already making headway. The University of Toronto’s new Academic Wood Tower is quickly sprouting… The 14-storey institutional building designed by Patkau Architects and MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects was first proposed in 2018, but it already had a bit of a head start before work even began. …A crane was erected in November 2023, and work on assembling the mass-timber structural frame has gradually progressed in the 14 months since. Timber beams now stretch to the seventh floor of the tower, meaning the building is now approximately halfway towards its final height. …Once complete, the building will stand as Canada’s tallest academic wood building, as well as the tallest timber-framed structure in the country overall.