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by tom_mellior 2680 days ago
According to that article, HoHo is only 75 percent wood and has a concrete core for the elevators. Still, pretty good.

Wikipedia has a list of tallest wooden buildings, very few of which are actually complete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_wooden_buildin...

I recently read about the one in Tokyo which is supposed to be 350 meters tall for a forestry company's 350-year (!) anniversary. The article claims it will be 90% wood, 10% steel: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/tokyo-plans-to-build-1-150-foot...

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According to the original article, Mjøsa Tower also makes use of concrete, though a % isn't given.
But not for structural support, it is to provide mass damping. They could have used lead weights instead.