![]() Timber as a building material has many advantages, but architects say it's still not profitable enough Image: Cetus Baudevelopment GmbH And even thin wooden walls suppress�sound. What's more, wood-based materials use less energy to create compared to steel or cement. Wood is a renewable resource - it grows back after being logged - and growing trees�remove�the greenhouse gas CO2 from the atmosphere.Īs long as a wooden building stands, that carbon dioxide is locked away from contributing to climate change. By using wood as a construction material for houses, nature can re-enter�urban spaces.�Īnd wood can be�an environmentally friendly choice as well. "Wooden houses have the potential to create a more visually appealing, relaxing and creative experience."Ī wooden high-rise planned for Tokyo�will stand at 70 stories and 350 meters tall.Įver more people are moving into cities. ![]() "Using wood as a construction material could change the way we build in this city,"�says architect Kevin Flanagan. The wooden frame of the 80-story-high�"Oakwood Towers"�is supposed to rise 300 meters into the sky.� Wooden skyscrapers like these from artist's impressions in Vienna could one day be a common sight in cities around the world Image: Cetus Baudevelopment GmbHĪrchitects and researchers at the University of Cambridge created a concept for London's first wooden skyscraper. It's not surprising then that projects for the most spectacular wooden buildings only exist on paper so far. Germany has no country-wide regulations�yet, and often individual permits are necessary, which are time-intensive and costly.� What's more, local planning and building laws often limit construction with wood. "Today, we have hundreds of different ways of building timber houses. There aren't more wooden houses yet because every architect and every carpenter�has to create new models every time. Kaden teaches architecture and wooden construction�at a university in Austria. It's all about making the most of each material, he says.��� That's why he uses metal rather than wooden nails. Renowned architect Tom Kaden told German magazine Das Haus�that he wants to make wooden houses affordable for everyone. It will have 10 stories and be 34 meters tall. This wooden building in Vienna will combine apartments with offices, shops and even a spa Image: Cetus Baudevelopment GmbHīerlin architects�Kaden+Lager are building Germany's tallest building, the Skaio building in Heilbronn, using�mostly wood. It is a current showpiece for energy-efficient construction. In Germany, an eight-story wooden house was built on an area that used to belong to the United States army in the Bavarian�town of Bad Aibling. The rooftops of the structures - which will be nine stories tall - will be accessible to�the public, and are supposed to encourage citizens to engage in urban gardening.� In the Parisian district of Terne, an entire building complex is being built from cross-laminated timber and glass. ![]() Read more:� Wood: Renewable construction material of the future? Austria is the world's largest producer of cross-laminated timber.Īnd though that may sound unsustainable, it's done under the�number-one rule of Austria's lumber industry: Never log more than can grow back. The building in Vienna will also combine apartments with offices, shops and a spa.Īsk the Austrians and they will tell you they're the ones who came up with the concept of using wood as an industrial product. ![]() Vienna is currently working on an 84-meter-tall wooden building 24 stories tall (with a staircase made out of cement). Timber skyscrapers: an international trend?īut despite the declaration on the poster, this is not actually the world's tallest wooden house after all. When it's finished in March 2019, the wooden house will be 81 meters (265 feet) tall, and will have 18 stories with 27 apartments that ranging from 67 to 149 square meters (720�to 1,600 square feet)�as well as a swimming pool, a hotel, offices�and restaurants.� Maybe not "the world's tallest wooden house," as the poster reads - it will be 81 meters tall when completed Image: DW/K. The wood is sourced from Norwegian forests.� The house doesn't have any scaffolding cranes and an outdoor elevator are used to transport the building material to where it's needed. "The world's tallest wooden house!" reads a huge poster on the side of a building under construction�in the Norwegian municipality of Brummundal.
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