The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is one of the largest public art museums in the American South, with a collection ranging from contemporary to ancient times. Timberlab has partnered with Herzog & de Meuron, Archimania. and general contractor Grinder Taber & Grinder on MBMA's new building: The Brooks Downtown. This project is part of a redevelopment plan in Memphis to invest in the historically underutilized riverfront district. 

The design team for the Brooks had no prior experience with mass timber and sought advice from Timberlab early in the process. The team even built a full-scale architectural mock-up to illustrate the full capabilities of mass timber. Timberlab's preconstruction experience demonstrated our deep understanding for the stakeholders' aesthetic and scheduling needs. 

Timberlab has ownership of engineering every member connection on this project, which is quite an undertaking for a building that will use over 1,200 pieces of glulam and 88,000 total square feet of timber. This quantity is necessitated by the Green Roof and accompanying pavilion, which place significant loads on the structure and requires a dense member layout of Southern Yellow Pine columns. 

The project team is pursuing LEED certification and using SFI Chain of Custody certified products for this project.