Ascent MKE is a mass timber hybrid high-rise apartment building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[1] The 284-foot (87 meter),[2] 25-story high-rise is the world's tallest mass timber structure, edging out Norway's Mjøstårnet.

[3][4] It features 259 luxury apartments, retail space, an elevated pool with operable window walls, and a sky-deck.

[5][6] In May 2019, Ascent was named a recipient of a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant awarded through the Forest Service's Wood Innovations Grant program.

[7] The federal grant assisted with the testing needed to prove mass timber's ability to perform as well as traditional building materials like concrete and steel to meet U.S. building codes.