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Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers

TED Talks201300:12:22Creative Commons
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Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of … wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's necessary.

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TED.com

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, architecture, design, materials, TED2013, 2013

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