lockmat Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Would you like to see a 30-story wood structure in Houston? Not sure it would survive a hurricane. The last photo is 9-story one built in London. http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/tall-wood-architect-gives-away-technology-build-wood-buildings-thirty-storeys-high.html CONCEPTUAL: REAL: http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/nine-storey-apartment-built-of-wood-in-nine-weeks-by-four-workers.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Would you like to see a 30-story wood structure in Houston? Not sure it would survive a hurricane.Why wouldn't it? I have seen wood structures engineered to withstand 150 mph winds or more. I would bet that those cross laminated panels are already strong enough to withstand a hurricane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 But it has been known for centuries that heavy timber actually performs better in fire than structural steelHuh? Prior to the advent of the Bessemer Process, steel was only used when necessary - and not as a structural material, to my knowledge. Does anyone have information that steel has been used as a building material "for centuries?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 Why wouldn't it? I have seen wood structures engineered to withstand 150 mph winds or more. I would bet that those cross laminated panels are already strong enough to withstand a hurricane.As long as their functional and there are no major drawbacks, I'm down with it too. I wonder if it is tough getting past misconceptions with tenants and getting them signed.That one in London looks pretty sweet. I wonder what it looks like up close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 It would be a bear to tent that thing when you got termites... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Termites would never get that far through the popcorn fire glazing and glu-lam coatings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 It only takes one tiny crack and they are in! Then those little buggers will hollow out that whole skyscraper from the inside out. Woe be to the one that sneezes in the wrong place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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