Completed in August 2019, this $25 million, six-story, 40,800-square-foot project is the school’s first new residence hall in 34 years and the first project constructed with cross-laminated timber (CLT). With exposed wood in the ceiling and wood used as the structural floor, the CLT provides a distinctive look while speeding installation because of its light weight—it is about five times lighter than concrete, though its strength-to-weight ratio is comparable. “Installation time,” Haughey says, “was cut by 50 percent; from six to three days.”