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I think of Chicago first. The wood city that burned and led to the invention of 'skyscrapers'.
by xigency 8y ago
I think of Chicago first. The wood city that burned and led to the invention of 'skyscrapers'.
- nervousvarun 8y agoThe focus of this article is innovation in this space. What happened in Ottawa or Chicago or Tokyo is relevant in a historical sense but this is about recent innovations that make wood viable (both from a safety/fire-resistant perspective and economical).
- tyu1000 8y agoI think we all know this, but this article was less-than-convincing and nothing has been deployed at scale yet.
- bigpicture 8y agoChicago has a CLT building - the new flagship McDonald's restaurant is CLT and steel. Additionally, a CLT office building has been approved in Chicago and will be the largest CLT building in the United States when finished.