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The article in the Guardian discusses the history of high rise buildings and outlines the environmental case for tall timber buildings.
Wooden skyscrapers could be the future of flat-pack cities around the world
The development of engineered timber could herald a new era of eco-friendly ‘plyscrapers’. Christchurch welcomed its first multistorey timber structure this year, there are plans for Vancouver, and the talk is China could follow.
Read more at the Guardian here.