If you have not seen what is being designed in wood I urge you to investigate the great changes happening before us. this will revolutionize construction worldwide as we seek sustainable, cost-effective, and innovative approaches in urban design.
With publication of Canadian architect Michael Green's design for a proposed thirty story high-rise tower in Vancouver, the structural capabilities of wood has piqued the interest of many designers and constructors.
One of any articles that describe the project is located on Inhabitat. This would be the tallest high rise wood structure in the modern era. There have been a number that are, or were bigger. Of those existing, the Tianning Pagoda in China stands at 505 feet and the Gliwace Radio Tower in Poland at 387 feet.
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| Tianning Pagoda - China |
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| Gliwace Radio tower - Poland |
There is much more. Six thousand miles away in Kirkenes, Norway there is a proposal for a twenty story office tower designed by Reinulf Ramstad Arkitekter.
And, another new project is in Vienna, Austria by The Rhomberg Group. Some good information can be found at this site. The builder is CREE. Please spend some time at their home page as it is different.
In Melbourne, Australia there are plans for a 10-story high-rise wood apartment building designed by studio505. See HERE for new story.
America is letting itself fall behind. Our prescriptive building codes are antiquated and inadequate to address the quickly changing technological advances being made in wood technology. One website noted that most structural engineers in America do not have the capability to design high-rise wood structures. Sad!
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