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I live in Europe and probably 90% or 95% of (single family) houses here are wood, both existing and new construction. For larger homes like tuplexes/townhouses
by alkonaut 4y ago
I live in Europe and probably 90% or 95% of (single family) houses here are wood, both existing and new construction. For larger homes like tuplexes/townhouses and even up to 10-apartment buildings it's quite common. Even single family houses with brick facades often have wood framing behind them.
I work in the wood-construction industry so we are trying to get more people to build from wood, so we have a pretty good picture of which regions traditionally build from wood and which don't. It's really hard to generalize across Europe as usual. If anything, wood construction is certainly becoming more popular, not less.