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Could The Skyscrapers Of The Future Be Made Out Of Wood?

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23-05-2015 9:35pm

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http://digg.com/2015/is-wood-the-future-of-skyscraper-construction

Vancouver-based architect Michael Green was unequivocal at a conference at which I heard him speak a while ago: “We grow trees in British Columbia that are 35 stories tall, so why do our building codes restrict timber buildings to only five stories?”

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