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Wood is very common in single story houses in the US. Large apartment buildings are made of concrete and steel. The tallest wood framed project I've seen was 3-

by Sevii 5y ago

Wood is very common in single story houses in the US. Large apartment buildings are made of concrete and steel. The tallest wood framed project I've seen was 3-4 stories with the first two concrete.

skybrian 5y ago
Fire codes were recently changed and now buildings with 4 or 5 wooden floors are becoming common: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1
- jakear 5y ago
  > 5-over-1 buildings often feature secure-access interior hallways with residential units on both sides, which favors a U, E, C, or right-angle building shape. L?
- unethical_ban 5y ago
  This is a fascinating thing for me, and it makes me want to truly study architecture. Though, like so many pieces of art and society, America my home seems to be sliding further from anything that doesn't optimize for money, or... optimization. But the idea of code defining form, and how we can meld safety, efficiency and beauty together - that's interesting to me. I found this article [1] on the wiki page of 5-over-1 and find it hilarious. It's an interesting and biting critique of a number of styles that are applied to 5-over-1. I wonder if we will ever have again in this country truly beautiful housing for the masses, or if we will look back on the 2000s and 2010s US as we do now, looking at Soviet bloc apartments from the 60s and 70s. https://www.westword.com/arts/denver-is-drowning-in-awful-architecture-here-are-the-hateful-eight-7818984 https://www.westword.com/arts/denver-is-drowning-in-awful-ar...
  - kube-system 5y ago
    There’s plenty of old architecture that is utilitarian and for the poor. I think much of our romanticism for old architecture in the US is seen though the lens of survivorship bias. Construction in the US is fairly cheap and we tear down things down often, especially if it’s ugly. I’d rather look at the average US 5-over-1 than a Spanish corrala

by Sevii 5y ago

Wood is very common in single story houses in the US. Large apartment buildings are made of concrete and steel. The tallest wood framed project I've seen was 3-4 stories with the first two concrete.

skybrian 5y ago

Fire codes were recently changed and now buildings with 4 or 5 wooden floors are becoming common: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1

jakear 5y ago
> 5-over-1 buildings often feature secure-access interior hallways with residential units on both sides, which favors a U, E, C, or right-angle building shape. L?
unethical_ban 5y ago
This is a fascinating thing for me, and it makes me want to truly study architecture. Though, like so many pieces of art and society, America my home seems to be sliding further from anything that doesn't optimize for money, or... optimization. But the idea of code defining form, and how we can meld safety, efficiency and beauty together - that's interesting to me. I found this article [1] on the wiki page of 5-over-1 and find it hilarious. It's an interesting and biting critique of a number of styles that are applied to 5-over-1. I wonder if we will ever have again in this country truly beautiful housing for the masses, or if we will look back on the 2000s and 2010s US as we do now, looking at Soviet bloc apartments from the 60s and 70s. https://www.westword.com/arts/denver-is-drowning-in-awful-architecture-here-are-the-hateful-eight-7818984 https://www.westword.com/arts/denver-is-drowning-in-awful-ar...
- kube-system 5y ago
  There’s plenty of old architecture that is utilitarian and for the poor. I think much of our romanticism for old architecture in the US is seen though the lens of survivorship bias. Construction in the US is fairly cheap and we tear down things down often, especially if it’s ugly. I’d rather look at the average US 5-over-1 than a Spanish corrala