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Wooden skyscrapers could be the future of flat-pack cities around the world

United Kingdom Architecture News - Oct 04, 2014 - 11:26   3467 views

Wooden skyscrapers could be the future of flat-pack cities around the world

Architect Michael Green has drawn up plans for 30-storey timber towers in Vancouver. Photograph: MGA

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...Continue Reading

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