30 Jun 2026
,Austria
Directly above Sydney's Central Station, one of the world's most ambitious construction projects is currently underway: Atlassian Central, a 183-meter-high building with 39 floors, scheduled to open in 2026. The project by the Australian software company Atlassian, realized together with real estate developer Dexus, is estimated at around 1.5 billion Australian dollars and is set to house more than 5,000 workplaces.
The high-rise breaks several records at once: It will be the tallest hybrid timber skyscraper in the world, significantly surpassing the previous record holder, the Ascent building in Milwaukee, USA. In total, more than 30,000 cubic meters of mass timber will be used – more than in any other skyscraper worldwide.
The heart of the timber construction consists of seven so-called Timber Habitats: three-story wooden modules that are installed between massive reinforced concrete mega-slabs and together form 21 of the total 39 floors. For these modules, the Upper Austrian company Wiehag from Altheim supplies 4,220 cubic meters of glued laminated timber – making the project also of considerable importance for the domestic construction industry. The timber structure is complemented by 7,640 cubic meters of cross-laminated timber floors from the Finnish-Swedish manufacturer Stora Enso.
The involvement of an Australian company in one of the world's most notable construction projects underscores the international competitiveness of the domestic timber construction industry as well as the growing importance of the material wood in modern high-rise construction.
