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Intelligent City Raises $30 Million
Intelligent City Raises $30 Million to Advance the Sustainable Urban Housing Industry Using Mass Timber, Automation, and Robotics. Funds raised will support the company’s global, automated design and manufacturing solution, which is on track to deliver over 2,300 apartments.
Watch the New Feature Interview Video
We are excited to release our new company video! Featuring many team members from different backgrounds, we explain our core principles, mission, and technology development.
Intelligent City at the International Mass Timber Conference 2022
We are excited to announce that Intelligent City will be at the International Mass Timber Conference this year, the largest gathering of mass timber experts in the world.
B.C. Launches Mass Timber Action Plan and Funds Granville Street Project
British Columbia launched the Mass Timber Action Plan and announced funding for four new mass-timber housing and infrastructure projects.
Intelligent City wins investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Today, SDTC announced an investment of $52.3 million in 16 ground-breaking Canadian companies. The recipients are boosting innovation across all regions of Canada and across several sectors of our economy.
Intelligent City Opens First Robotically Automated Urban Housing Factory
Intelligent City has begun building mass timber homes in the company’s new automated factory-warehouse on River Road in North Delta, BC.
Monad Granville Featured in the 2021 Canadian Architect Magazine Competition
This year, Monad Granville was featured in the December issue of the magazine, being recognized for its high quality, passive-house standard, and systematized manufacturing process.
Intelligent City Speaks at TimberBot Event
TimberBot is one of the world’s leading trades fairs in the engineered timber industry. TimberBot showcases the innovations in robotics and automation for engineered wood manufacturing.
Intelligent City Presents at “The Future of Construction is Prefabrication!”
Our CEO, Oliver Lang, will be speaking at “The Future of Construction is…Prefabrication!” Wood WORKS! event on November 16th, 2021.
Intelligent City has been selected as a Hello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneer!
We are excited to announce that our application to Hello Tomorrow’s Deep Tech Pioneers has made it to the final round! Hello Tomorrow recognizes the
Platforms for Life has been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label
We are excited to share that Platforms for Life has been awarded the “Solar Impulse Efficient Solution” Label by the Solar Impulse Foundation.
Article: The Future of Wood – Parametric Building Platforms
In the latest issue of the Wood Design & Building magazine, Intelligent City’s CTO Oliver David Krieg and CEO Oliver Lang discuss how parametric platforms will shape the future of timber construction.
Adaptive automation becomes a reality at Intelligent City
We are beyond excited to show you what our amazing team has been working on in the last few weeks.
Intelligent City Collaborates with ABB to Publish Whitepaper
With the help of Intelligent City, ABB has published a whitepaper on advancing construction and prefabrication technologies.
Granville Project Receives Unanimous Support!
We are excited to announce that our project Monad Granville received unanimous support from the Urban Design Panel at the City of Vancouver!
Listen to our CEO, Oliver Lang, on the FuturePerfect Talks Spotify podcast!
Click here to listen to a new Future Perfect Talks podcast episode featuring Intelligent City’s CEO, Oliver Lang about housing innovation in an urban technological world.
Intelligent City Receives CleanBC Building Innovation Fund!
Intelligent City has received a grant from the CleanBC Building Innovation Fund to expand its mock-up and testing efforts for our prefabricated, parametric, mass timber building system.
Watch: Intelligent City’s CEO Oliver Lang participates in ABB panel discussion on construction at La Biennale in Venice
Oliver Lang, Intelligent City’s CEO, recently participated in ABB’s panel discussion on how robotics and automation are transforming architecture and the construction industry. We are excited to share the video of the discussion with you below!
Getting ready for automated mass timber manufacturing
We are excited to announce that we are only weeks away from commissioning our new factory for automated assembly of mass timber building components.
Intelligent City and ABB present a sustainable future for construction
We are excited to partner with ABB at the Venice Biennale to explore the 2021 topic “How will we live together”. As a housing technology company, this statement is at the heart of everything we do.
Intelligent City presents at GLOBE 2021
We are excited to announce that Intelligent City’s CEO and Co-Founder Oliver Lang will present at the upcoming GLOBE CAPITAL 2021 conference.
Intelligent City and LWPAC co-author the B.C. 12-Storey Mass Timber Practice Guide
We are proud to announce that co-athored by Intelligent City and LWPAC, the Joint Professional Practice Guidelines – Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction Up to 12 Storeys (PDF) were jointly published by the AIBC and Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia.
Oliver Lang presents at “Building Smart with Prefab Construction” webinar
On March 3rd, Oliver Lang will present Intelligent City’s urban housing building systems and technologies during a webinar on “Building Smart with Prefab Construction”, hosted by BCBEC, BC Housing, and Wood WORKS! BC.
Intelligent City to present at the Future of Prefabrication Symposium
Intelligent City CEO Oliver Lang, and CTO Oliver David Krieg, will present at the Future of Prefabrication Symposium on March 5th. The Symposium is organized by the University of British Columbia, The University of Northern British Columbia, the BCIT, and the University of Waterloo.
Intelligent City will present at the Critical Mass Timber Meetup
We’re excited to be invited for the first Critical Mass Timber meetup on March 4th 2021. Our CEO Oliver Lang and CTO Oliver David Krieg will discuss the company’s approach to the vertical integration of design/manufacture/build of urban mass timber housing, with a focus on aspects of our parametric design and robotic prefabrication.
Intelligent City is part of the New York VC Network Top 10 Companies
We are excited to announce that Intelligent City has cracked the NYC Venture Capital Network Top 10 list. The New York VC Network Rating Committee
Oliver David Krieg will present at the Industrialized Construction Forum
Oliver David Krieg, CTO at Intelligent City, will hold a presentation about the benefits of Mass Timber and adaptable building systems for enhanced project delivery
Oliver Lang: Making Urban Housing More Livable with Technology
Intelligent City’s CEO Oliver Lang recently spoke with Mike Agerbo and Chris Pereira at GetConnected about how technology can help us in making urban housing more
Oliver Lang presents at the CleanBC NZER Workshops Series
Oliver Lang will present the latest developments of our mass timber urban housing system “Platforms for Life” at the CleanBC NZER Workshops Series on High-Performance Prefabrication, on October 20th.
Intelligent City featured in Canadian Architect Magazine
Intelligent City is featured in the April 2020 issue of the Canadian Architect Magazine. In an article called “Home Products” the technological innovation of Intelligent City is reflected in the context of new urban housing solutions.
Intelligent City wins Breakthrough Energy competition
We are honored and excited to announce that Intelligent City is one of the Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada winners, conducted by NRCan in collaboration with Breakthrough Energy Ventures and BDC. Intelligent City will now be part of the Breakthrough Canada Cohort.
Intelligent City finalist of the BESC competition
We are very excited to announce that Intelligent City has been named as a finalist for the Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada competition, conducted by NRCan in collaboration with Breakthrough Energy Ventures and BDC.
Intelligent City closes financing round
Intelligent City Inc. is pleased to announce it has closed a CA$3.1M financing round consisting of equity led by Fulmer & Company and credit provided by the Business Development Bank of Canada.
Clayton Blackman presents at Passive House Canada Conference
Clayton Blackman, Director of Sustainability of LWPAC, will present the current development of our mass timber urban housing system “Platforms for Life” at the Passive House Canada Conference in Toronto on October 18th.
Oliver Lang joins Canadian delegation to Finland
As part of a delegation of the Canadian Wood Council and National Research Council, Intelligent City CEO Oliver Lang is traveling to Finland to engage with the timber industry.
Cindy Wilson joins 2019 jury for the Canadian Architect Awards
We are proud to announce that Cindy Wilson, founding principal of LWPAC and Intelligent City, will be part of the 2019 jury for the Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence.
Robotic Fabrication Workshop at UBC
Oliver David Krieg, Director of Technology at Intelligent City, together with Assistant Professor David Correa from University of Waterloo and Associate Professor AnnaLisa Meyboom from UBC SALA, will hold a technical workshop on robotic fabrication in timber construction.
LWPAC wins Better Buildings BC Net Zero Energy Ready Competition
LWPAC is a winner of the Better Buildings BC Net Zero Energy Ready Competition with Corvette Landing, a 12 Storey Mass-timber prefabricated Passive House Housing project in Esquimalt BC.
British Columbia adopts code changes for tall wood buildings
Intelligent City CEO Oliver Lang visited Structurlam together with John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia, and Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, for the announcement of B.C.’s adoption of building code changes that allow the safe construction of 12-storey mass timber buildings.
Presentation at the International Mass Timber Conference
Intelligent City CEO Oliver Lang will present the current status of our developments at the upcoming International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon, which will be held from March 19 to 21, 2019.
Presentation at the United Nations Conference
We are happy to participate among global experts in the 2018 UNECE COFFI (Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry) Conference held in Vancouver, BC. Oliver
Monad Rupert approved for Rezoning and DP
We are excited that our 4 storey mass timber Rental 100 housing project Rupert Monad in Vancouver, BC, has recently been approved for Rezoning and
12 storey mass timber Corvette Landing passes review
We are excited to announce that our 12 storey mass timber project Corvette Landing recently passed the National Expert Review Committee for a Site Specific Regulation by the BC Housing Ministry’s Building Safety Standard Branch.
Corvette Landing approved for Rezoning and DP
Corvette Landing, a 12 storey mass timber project in Esquimalt, BC, has recently been approved for Rezoning and Development Permit after only eight months from
Lecture at the Canadian and World Green Building Council Conference
We are happy to participate at the Canadian and World Green Building Council Conference in Toronto, ON. Oliver Lang, CEO of Intelligent City, will present our company’s latest efforts in sustainable urban design.
LafargeHolcim Award 2017 North America
We’re thrilled and honoured to announce that Intelligent City has won the SILVER Award of North America from the LafargeHolcim Foundation for “Sustainable Construction: So the World Builds Better”. As a regional award winner for North America, we will compete in the Global Finals of the LafargeHolcim Awards.
