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Building Investment (September - October 2019)

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Interior of UBC Earth Sciences <strong>Building</strong>.<br />

(Source: Martin Tessler)<br />

Across the globe, tall wood structures have begun transforming<br />

the world of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, ushering in an<br />

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wood-constructed buildings over 14 stories or 50 metres high,<br />

the past six years have seen over 44 tall wood buildings built or<br />

underway around the world. Notable examples include Michael<br />

Green Architecture and DLR Group’s T3 and Team V Architectuur’s upcoming<br />

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April that steel and glass buildings “have no place in our city or on our Earth<br />

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space supported by a steel beam emits 40kg of CO 2<br />

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