Name: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
Uploaded: 2013-07-09T15:01:10Z
Duration: 12 min 8 s
Description: Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of … wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's necessary.

Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of … wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's necessary.

Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers

Why we should build wooden skyscrapers

Wooden skyscrapers could revolutionize architecture, storing carbon and slashing greenhouse gas emissions from construction.

Sustainable forestry practices and fast-growth tree cycles can prevent deforestation while meeting the demand for wooden high-rises.

Mass timber panels, akin to large Lego bricks, enable the construction of tall wood buildings, challenging steel and concrete dominance.