Norway’s wooden building to be the tallest in the world

We’ve heard of wooden floorings in our homes before. A wooden building does sound weird though. Norway will soon have one of these. The Barents Secretariat Tower is what will be the tallest wooden structure in the world. 144 feet high, the tower was designed by the Reiulf Ramstad Architects. The 16 to 17 storey tall building will be fantasy come true in the world of environment friendly building structures.

Built using recycled materials, the buildings integrated systems enable it to adapt with seasonal weather changes. The building also biodegradable household and industrial waste for biogas production, making it sustainable form the exterior structure as well as its interior. A building like this could be risky though, taken that the wood is quite flammable. A whole load of precautions will need to be taken there.


[ArchDaily]