[kulahan]

Wood isn’t used because it will last forever - brick and stone are better for those purposes. Wood is excellent, just not the best. It’s much more efficient though.

That’s probably a big part of it, but of course making anything stand the test of time is extremely difficult.

[rightbyte]

Maybe you live in a tropical climate but wood can last 100s of years as long as the roof is maintained. Unless it is a timber house the outer walls will need replacement every 100 years though.