[ipeefreely]

Does anyone know if this could be used to build high-rises? I imagine it has enough strength for a 10 story building, but the fire risk might be too high.

[shalmanese]

Contrary to what people believe, timber actually has very good fire resistance characteristics: https://csengineermag.com/fire-design-of-mass-timber-members...

No need for densified wood to build midrises, structured timber products like CLT (basically, fancier plywood) are already being used to construct 5 - 10 story buildings with the tallest wooden skyscrapers being planned at 20 - 70 stories tall: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/wooden-skyscraper-revo...

[allannienhuis]

An example in Vancouver, Canada

https://news.ubc.ca/2016/09/15/structure-of-ubcs-tall-wood-b...

[randomfool]

Cross-laminated timber is already being used for 10-story buildings today.

Here's an 18-story one: https://www.dezeen.com/2019/03/19/mjostarne-worlds-tallest-t...

And there's a 12-story one in Portland: https://www.archpaper.com/2017/06/framework-portland-timber-...

[ipeefreely]

Incredible stuff. How come this isn't more prominent?

[shalmanese]

Cost and navigating building codes.

[pottertheotter]

Walmart's new HQ campus will be made of wood (CLT). https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2019/12/09/modern-hom...

[blh]

There's also the HoHo Building in Vienna, 84m and 24 stories: https://www.woschitzgroup.com/en/projekte/hoho-vienna-wooden...