Recent innovations in engineered timber have laid the foundations for the world’s first wooden skyscrapers to appear within a decade, a feat that is not only achievable — according to the Centre for Natural Material Innovation — but one they hope will beckon in an era of sustainable wooden cities, helping reverse historic emissions from the construction industry.
The research team based at the Department of Architecture, is interdisciplinary, composed of architects, biochemists, chemists, mathematicians and engineers. Together, they specialise in plant-based material, including cross-laminated timber, arguably the first major structural innovation since the advent of reinforced concrete, 150 years ago.
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