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Tall Wood buildings have been at the foreground of innovative building practice in urban contexts for a number of years. From London to Stockholm, from Vancouver to Melbourne timber buildings of up to 20 storeys have been built, are under construction or being considered. This dynamic trend was enabled by developments in the material itself, prefabrication and more flexibility in fire regulations. The low CO2 footprint of wood - often regionally sourced - is another strong argument in its favour. This publication explains the typical construction types such as panel systems, frame and hybrid systems. An international selection of 13 case studies is documented in detail with many specially prepared construction drawings, demonstrating the range of the technology.

Immeubles de grande hauteur --- 691.1 --- 691 --- 691.11 --- Houtconstructies ; houtarchitectuur ; details --- Bouwmaterialen ; hout --- Houtarchitectuur --- Hout --- Houtconstructies --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Constructions en bois --- Construction en bois --- Procédé de construction --- Structure en bois --- Building, Wooden. --- Tall buildings. --- High buildings --- High-rise buildings --- Highrise buildings --- Multistory buildings --- Buildings --- Wood construction --- Wooden architecture --- Wooden building --- Building --- Building with wood

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Faced with man-made climate change and the need to provide housing for a growing world population, society needs to rethink the way future buildings are made. Wood is a truly renewable building material that is unlimited in supply if its growth and harvest are sustainably managed. Recent technological advancements in engineering allow the use of timber for the construction of multi-story structures, turning our buildings into carbon sinks rather than becoming sources for CO2-emissions. The book presents convincing arguments for the increased use of wood as an alternative to more fossil fuel intensive building materials, with the goal of demonstrating that an integrated approach can have the potential for positive impact on the environment, local economies, and the building culture at large.

Building, Wooden --- Sustainable architecture --- Construction en bois --- Architecture durable --- 691.11 --- 72.504 --- Bouwmaterialen ; hout --- Houtarchitectuur --- Houtconstructies --- Ecologische bouwmaterialen --- 72.504 Architecture and the environment. Sustainable architecture --- Architecture and the environment. Sustainable architecture --- 691.11 Wood. Timber. Wood products --- Wood. Timber. Wood products --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Architecture --- Sustainable design --- Wood construction --- Wooden architecture --- Wooden building --- Building --- Construction en bois. --- Architecture durable. --- Building, Wooden. --- Building with wood --- Building materials. Building technology --- architecture [discipline] --- post-and-beam structures