Six-Level Timber Apartment Building in a High Seismic Zone

This six-level timber framed apartment building is under construction in New Zealand. The building, in Wellington, isin the highest seismic zone in the country and is predominately braced by plywood-lined walls. Specifically developeddetails address issues of acoustic performance, vertical load and lateral load resistance, and ductility under seismicattack. Use of such a system simplified the construction of a transfer structure between the apartments and car parkinglevels as well as providing an economical form of construction.