Wooden Skyscrapers Are on the Rise – WSJ

When you come inside, the smell of the timber is almost like you enter a forest, Robert Schmitz, a partner at an architectural firm in Stockholm and the building s lead architect, says of the Sara Cultural Centre and Wood Hotel. This is a really small city, and timber is something that everyone in this community has a connection to. They understand the material.

The 323,000-square-foot complex is part of an emerging trend as architects, developers and builders turn to so-called mass timber, wood that is glued and pressed in special ways to make it similar in strength to concrete and steel and thus capable of replacing those building materials even for skyscrapers and other massive edifices.

via www.wsj.com

That’s a cool idea.