Essay: Timber High-Rise Hybrid

Life-Cycle Tower One, Dornbirn: four load-bearing tim-ber columns were incorporated in an external wall element prior to its erection. The composite floor elements were constructed with integral concrete beams.
Will high-rise blocks in timber soon come to replace steel and concrete skyscrapers? With buildings of great height, the advantage of wood as a sustainable material becomes a disadvantage, however: it is too light and too elastic. With hybrid forms of construction, the sky's the limit.
Life-Cycle Tower One, Dornbirn: four load-bearing tim-ber columns were incorporated in an external wall element prior to its erection. The composite floor elements were constructed with integral concrete beams.