CREE (Creative Renewable Energy & Efficiency) is designing one of the world’s most sustainable high-rise buildings, using a wood structural support system. The LifeCycle Tower, to be built in Dornbirn, Austria, will stand 30 stories tall, netting it the title of world’s tallest wooden building—but its wood framing is just the beginning of its many sustainable features.
http://inhabitat.com/lifecycle-tower-in-austria-will-be-worlds-tallest-wooden-building/
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