Stories Residential Building / Olaf Gipser Architects

In 2021, Olaf Gipser Architects, in collaboration with Self-build Cooperative BSH20A, contractor Heutink Groep, and Smartland landscape architecture, completed Stories in Amsterdam - a pioneering collective self-build project. Built largely from early adopted cross-laminated timber (CLT) and PEFC certified wood, with a negative carbon balance and using 'Open Building' principles to assure longevity, the 45-meter-high green tower addresses the challenge of communal, high-density, sustainable, and healthy urban living.