The Case for Tall Wood Buildings - How mass timber offers a safe, economical, and environmental friendly alternative for tall building structures

Michal Green

MGA | Michael Green Architecture

2018

269 páginas

8h 58m

ISBN-10: 1366377419

This book describes a new structural system in wood that represents the first significant challenge to concrete and steel structures since their inception in tall building design more than a century ago. The introduction of these ideas is driven by the need to find safe, carbon-neutral and sustainable alternatives to the incumbent structural materials of the urban world. The potential market for these ideas is quite simply enormous. The proposed solutions have the potential to revolutionize the building industry, address the major challenges of climate change, urbanization, and sustainable development and to significantly contribute to world housing needs.