Howard Hughes builds Houston’s first solid wood offices

Howard Hughes Holdings is building Greater Houston’s first mass timber office building, One Bridgeland Green. It will be located within the 70-acre Village Green mixed-use development in Bridgeland Central. It will be a 49,000 square foot Class A office, the first office project introduced in Bridgeland Central. Completion is planned for summer 2025.

A Bridgeland Green will be constructed with 1,700 cubic meters of spruce, pine and fir decking, cross-laminated timber (DLT) and cross-laminated timber (CLT) shear walls. Additional materials include low-carbon concrete and zinc cladding complemented by renewable energy and high-performance systems designed to reduce overall carbon emissions associated with the building’s lifecycle.

Based on building modeling and projected usage calculations, One Bridgeland Green is expected to reduce its annual energy consumption by 25% and municipal water consumption by 80%. This is aided by a 10,000 gallon rainwater harvesting tank. Technological advances, including electric vehicle charging stations and rooftop photovoltaic panels, are further integrating renewable energy into building programming.