10 Buildings Pushing The Boundaries Of Wood

Wood is the ultimate material - it’s renewable, sequesters carbon and more importantly, it’s buildable. Nevertheless wood is rarely used in tall, vertical construction. Now reThink wood has come out with their Tall Wood Survey (available in full on their website), which surveyed over 50 wood experts to explore three main areas in which wood is usually questioned: financing, insurance and performance.

But beyond discussing the pros and cons of wood, the survey also highlights 10 projects that show how wood products are being used in ways you never thought existed. See all ten innovative projects, after the break. 

#1 – UBC Earth Sciences Building - Perkins + Will

#2 – 3XGRÜN - Atelier PK, Roedig Schop Architekten and Rozynski Sturm

#3 – Bridport House - Karakusevic Carson Architects

#4 – Cenni Di Cambiamento – ROSSIPRODI ASSOCIATI srl.

#5 – LifeCycle Tower ONE (LCT ONE) – Hermann Kaufmaa ZT GmbH 

#6 – Forté – Lend Lease

#7 – E3 – Kaden Klingbeil 

#8 – Holz8 (H8) – Shankula Architekten

#9 – Tamedia - Shigeru Ban Architects

#10 – Limnologen – Arikitektbolaget Kronoberg

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