11.09.2009 - Worlds Tallest Wooden Building
Norway plans to build the worlds tallest wooden building!
"Recently the Norwegian Barents Secretariat announced plans for a new cultural center that is being touted as the world's tallest wooden building. The Secretariat hopes that the new structure will serve as a physical symbol of their important role in the High North – a lighthouse of sorts and a beacon of knowledge and development. As part of that role, the new office and cultural center will also act as a model for sustainable building and carbon neutrality." (Source: see link below)

New Zealand also has improved it's quality and quantity of wooden buildings - check them out on the web! The New Zealand Timber Design Society has some excellent examples.

http://www.timberdesign.org.nz/
www.inhabitat.com/2009/08/24/worlds-tallest-wooden-building-planned-for-norway/

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