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They mention mass timber, but lots of buildings in the US already use wood framing, and 5+1 apartment blocks (with the top 5 floors using wood framing) are goin

They mention mass timber, but lots of buildings in the US already use wood framing, and 5+1 apartment blocks (with the top 5 floors using wood framing) are going up everywhere.

noobermin 4y ago
Mass timber is a specific type of building type which is distinct from wood framing. From this[0] article: >If the primary load-bearing structure is made of either solid or engineered wood, it’s a mass-timber building. A building that uses mass timber as an accent and not a primary structural element isn’t mass timber. [0] https://www.constructiondive.com/news/mass-timber-101-understanding-the-emerging-building-type/443476/ https://www.constructiondive.com/news/mass-timber-101-unders...
- skybrian 4y ago
  Yes, I agree. I think mass timber is only used in fancy commercial or institutional buildings, though? So it seemed worth pointing out the more common, ordinary kind. It seems doubtful that "future cities" will be primarily skyscrapers when quite high densities can be achieved with buildings that don't go above five stories or so and are cheaper to build.
  - diordiderot 4y ago
    > I think mass timber is only used in fancy commercial or institutional buildings Very common in new apartment buildings in Europe and becoming more so. They're built (more like assembled) faster than concrete or metal
    - skybrian 4y ago
      What do the typical ones look like? I only see the fancy architectural renderings.
      - diordiderot 4y ago
        Not typical but recent example: https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/architectural-detail/dalston-works-the-largest-clt-building-in-the-world_o https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/architectural-d...
sparsely 4y ago
Here's a very interesting video of a Euro mass timber building highlighting some of the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZGuSC7KNvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZGuSC7KNvM

They mention mass timber, but lots of buildings in the US already use wood framing, and 5+1 apartment blocks (with the top 5 floors using wood framing) are going up everywhere.

noobermin 4y ago

Mass timber is a specific type of building type which is distinct from wood framing. From this[0] article: >If the primary load-bearing structure is made of either solid or engineered wood, it’s a mass-timber building. A building that uses mass timber as an accent and not a primary structural element isn’t mass timber. [0] https://www.constructiondive.com/news/mass-timber-101-understanding-the-emerging-building-type/443476/ https://www.constructiondive.com/news/mass-timber-101-unders...

skybrian 4y ago
Yes, I agree. I think mass timber is only used in fancy commercial or institutional buildings, though? So it seemed worth pointing out the more common, ordinary kind. It seems doubtful that "future cities" will be primarily skyscrapers when quite high densities can be achieved with buildings that don't go above five stories or so and are cheaper to build.
- diordiderot 4y ago
  > I think mass timber is only used in fancy commercial or institutional buildings Very common in new apartment buildings in Europe and becoming more so. They're built (more like assembled) faster than concrete or metal
  - skybrian 4y ago
    What do the typical ones look like? I only see the fancy architectural renderings.
    - diordiderot 4y ago
      Not typical but recent example: https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/architectural-detail/dalston-works-the-largest-clt-building-in-the-world_o https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/architectural-d...

sparsely 4y ago

Here's a very interesting video of a Euro mass timber building highlighting some of the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZGuSC7KNvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZGuSC7KNvM