Belinda Carr - The Era of Wood Skyscrapers is here! 22072022

The invention of mass timber and engineered wood is spurring the next generation of sustainable and resilient skyscrapers. To improve the properties of wood and make it even stronger than steel and concrete, moisture resistant glues are added in between layers of wood to make engineered mass timber products.

CTBUH - Tall Timber and the Future City 01042021

Antony Wood, CEO of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, delivers the keynote presentation, 1 April 2021, at the International Mass Timber Conference (IMTC)

TED Ed (Animation) - Could we build a wooden skyscraper? 06072021

Towering 85 meters above the Norwegian countryside, Mjøstårnet is the world’s tallest wooden building, made almost entirely from the trees of neighboring forests. But as recently as the end of the 20th century, engineers thought it was impossible to build a wooden building over 6 stories tall. So how do wooden structures like this compare to steel and concrete skyscrapers?