Engineering the World’s Largest Free-Span Mass Timber Roof | Revery Architecture

Vancouver’s PNE Amphitheatre demonstrates how advanced mass timber engineering delivers net-zero cultural spaces with global impact. Large cultural venues increasingly look to mass timber to achieve both structural ambition and environmental responsibility. Vancouver’s upcoming PNE Amphitheatre exemplifies this shift—combining a world-record free-span roof, high acoustic precision, and net-zero targets to create a landmark venue aligned with broader global trends in sustainable urban design. Setting New Standards in Cultural Venue Design: Revery Architecture’s primary objective here is to integrate monumental engineering with ecological sensitivity. Its defining element—a starburst roof spanning 105 metres and rising 25 metres high—establishes a new benchmark. Sixty […]