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TED Video: High Rise Wood Buildings

Architect Michael Green at a TED conference advocates wood highrise buildings. wood. It's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall, it's necessary.

Debate Rages Over Wood Codes for Canadian High-Rise Buildings

A Canadian proposal to increase the maximum height of wood buildings from four to six stories has ignited a debate between the Canadian Wood Council and the Cement Association of Canada over the “health, safety, accessibility, fire and structural protection” of these buildings.