25 Sep 2024
Timber: the unexpected hero of sustainable construction
By Staff Writer
Can you imagine a building that soars to 24 storeys, comprising 75% wood? No need to imagine it – it exists! The HoHo Tower in Vienna, Austria, at 84 metres, is one of the tallest timber buildings in the world. Completed in 2019, the building combines mass timber with concrete cores, exemplifying hybrid construction methods. It...