9-story timber building in the UK - Stadthaus - and why we build with wood

A great video and a great project. Architect Andrew Waugh discusses the building and why wood is, in so many ways, the ideal building material. More information here from StructureMag and at the architect's website.

Wood - Nature's Stroke of Genius

A great video about wood from our friends in Denmark. I wish I could find (and promote) a similar video promoting the use of wood in North America. Odd that one doesn't exist given how large of a role wood has played in the economies of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.



The team over at Go Wood is promoting this video on their website

Go Wood: "The World's Most Environmentally-Friendly Raw Material"

And here is Michael Green speaking about using wood in tall buildings at TEDx in Vancouver.

Why build with Wood? Because Trees are the Answer.

We build primarily with wood so a fair question to ask is why. We believe wood to be the best material to use for residential construction in North America.

Rather than list our reasons, I prefer to refer you to a noted voice for sustainability.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Dr. Patrick Moore, a http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifco-founder of Green Peace, left the orgahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifnization after 15 years "to establish a more sensible, science-based approach to environmentalism." Here is a short selection from his book "Trees are the Answer".

Update: Wood products part of winning carbon-emissions equation, researchers say. Full research article available here. Interesting chart from the article.