Brock Commons Tallwood House in Vancouver has earned an international award for innovation from the Institution of Structural Engineers. Winners of the Structural Awards 2017 were honoured in London, UK. The Structural Awards are held each year to celebrate the role of structural engineers as innovative, creative design professionals and to showcase the world’s cutting edge engineering projects. The Construction Innovation Award is presented to projects that demonstrate structural engineering excellence in the innovative use of construction materials or processes. …The judges praised the engineers, Fast + Epp, on the development of an innovative solution to deliver a highly economic and sustainable alternative to more traditional construction methodology. The new hybrid system sets a new precedent for what can be economically achieved in predominantly timber structures.