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The tallest wooden building allowed is only five stories. Wood framed buildings higher than that need special approval. http://www.woodworks.org/experttip/what

• detritus 8y ago
  As youngtaff points out, this is not true internationally... London, UK, 10 storeys: http://waughthistleton.com/dalston-works/ http://waughthistleton.com/dalston-works/ Vancouver, Canada, 18 storeys: https://www.thinkwood.com/our-projects/brock-commons-tallwood-house https://www.thinkwood.com/our-projects/brock-commons-tallwoo... And then there are hybrid wood/steel structures, with a Japanese company planning a 70 Story tower: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42839463 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42839463
• youngtaff 8y ago
  Despite the international in it's name IBC is mainly a US related building code