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One group working on this is the Natural Material Innovation group at Cambridge: https://www.natmat.group.cam.ac.uk/research/natmat https://www.natmat.group.cam
by wodow 5y ago
One group working on this is the Natural Material Innovation group at Cambridge: https://www.natmat.group.cam.ac.uk/research/natmat https://www.natmat.group.cam.ac.uk/research/natmat
"Timber Towers" London proposal: https://www.natmat.group.cam.ac.uk/news/timber-towers-could-transform-london2019s-skyline https://www.natmat.group.cam.ac.uk/news/timber-towers-could-... (2019)
(encountered via the easy-listening of BBC Radio 4's 39 Ways to Save the Planet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qy43 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qy43 )
- cf100clunk 5y agoSimilarly, see the University of British Columbia's Wood Building Design & Construction Centre: https://wbdc.ubc.ca/ https://wbdc.ubc.ca/ and the Province Of British Columbia's Wood First Initiative: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/supporting-innovation/wood-first-initiative https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/support...
- entangledqubit 5y agoFor those familiar with American building practices, it's interesting to see some stark contrasts. This video discusses solid timber walls (among other interesting features) in a Swiss building project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlplalGNfFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlplalGNfFM