every year the construction industry produces about 8% of all Global carbon emissions that's more than all the cars combined in the world concrete has been the go-to building material for over a century it's strong reliable but comes with a significant environmental cost today engineered Timber is offering a compelling alternative it's fast to build with environmentally friendly and yes it's strong enough for modern construction Timber buildings store carbon instead of producing it each cubic meter of Timber locks away about a ton of CO2 when you multiply that across an entire Skyscraper the numbers get pretty impressive advances in engineering have made it possible to build taller and stronger with Timber than ever before cross laminated Timber CLT and glue laminated Timber glum have transformed the possibilities of wooden structures these engineered products offer Superior strength dimensional stability and versatility in design that Rivals traditional Concrete Construction in today's video we're going to take a look at 10 of the tallest Timber buildings around the world first on our list is a scent MK in Milwaukee USA at 86. 6 M or 284 ft tall this is the world's tallest Timber building in the world numbers tell the real story here 25 floors 259 Apartments 273,000 ft of engineered wood but what these numbers don't tell you is how this building is changing Construction in North America the developers started with the plans back in 2018 originally thinking they'd build 21 floors but as they went along they thought you know what let's add four more so now we've got this 25 story beauty that opened its doors in July 2022 the team used prefabric ated sections which meant fewer trucks on site and less disruption to the neighborhood they used glum beams and cross laminated Timber which are engineered wood products designed to be much stronger than regular Lumber these materials allow Engineers to build taller structures while still keeping things lightweight and environmentally friendly the wood in this one building stores as much carbon as taking 2,400 cars off the road for a year the inside of as scent is like any other luxury apartment building there's a pool on the sixth floor the top floor has views of Lake Michigan and if you're wondering about safety especially fire safety don't worry Mass Timber actually performs quite well under fire conditions because it chars on the outside while maintaining its structural Integrity on the inside so despite being made mostly out of wood as scent meets all modern safety standards next up we're heading over to Europe to check out mnet in brendal Norway now before Ascent MK came along this was the reigning champion of Tall Timber buildings standing at 85. 4 M 280 ft it was completed in 2019 and is still Europe's tallest wooden structure the construction team worked in stages building four floors at a time they used two types of wood products first glued laminated timber for the columns and beams that's wood layers pressed and glued together second cross-laminated timber for the elevator shafts the building packs a lot into its 18 floors there are 33 apartments with balconies 72 hotel rooms offices and a restaurant on the ground floor they even added a swimming pool and a rooftop Terrace with views of Lake miosa which makes for some pretty stunning views if you're lucky enough to visit the construction team kept things local most of the wood comes from forests around brendal the small Norwegian town where the building stands makes sense as brendal is known for its forestry and wood processing industry Norway has been big on promoting its Timber industry and mnet is kind of like their Crown Jewel in that effort moving on to Vienna Austria we've got hoo Tower standing at 84 m M 276 ft what makes hoo unique is that it uses a combination of Timber and concrete in its structure what's known as a hybrid design about 75% of hoo is made from Timber while concrete is used strategically for added stability in areas like the core of the building this hybrid approach allows Engineers to take advantage of both materials strengths wood for sustainability and concrete for extra support with needed the building opened in 2019 and it's packed with different spaces there are Apartments where people live offices where they work a hotel for visitors restaurants and even Health Centers all of this takes up 25,000 square m that's about the size of three football fields all the trees used to build hoo Vienna grow back in Austrian forests just an hour away from the building site the building earned 2 major environmental certifications lead gold and a near-perfect score from Austria's Sustainable Building Council 924 out of 1,000 points next on our list is Sarah cter hus in scalfa Sweden a 20-story building that combines culture with Cutting Edge architecture named after Sarah lman a famous Swedish author from the area standing at 72.
8 M 239 ft this structure was was completed in 2021 and serves as both a cultural center and hotel this building is another example of hybrid construction with a mix of Timber concrete and steel let's look at what's inside this building there are six theater stages a city library two art galleries and a 205 room hotel called the wood hotel at the very top you'll find a restaurant with panoramic Windows looking out over the Swedish forests where the building's wood came from the builders used 12,200 cubic M of wood all harvested within 60 km of the building site local factories turned this wood into building Parts keeping everything close to home this wood stores 9,000 tons of carbon dioxide that's equal to the emissions from about 13,500 flights between stock and New York it also uses 40% less energy than Swedish building rules require solar panels on the roof help power everything and the whole building runs on 100% renewable energy moving on to roddam in the Netherlands we've got Dar Carol Dorman standing at 70. 5 M 231 ft this building sits on top of another building let me explain how this works in 1948 roddam built the te Mulin shopping Center instead of tearing it down in 2006 they decided to do something different they restored the old building and added 16 new floors on top of it the new addition includes 114 apartments and 156 parking spaces for the additional floors they used a combination of Steel and wood instead of concrete each square meter of floor weighs just 250 kg that's 1/ the weight of a normal building they added two concrete elevator shafts that help keep the whole structure stable between the two towers at 40 m High there's a rooftop garden the environmental impact is worth noting by not demolishing the old building they prevented 15,000 tons of concrete from going to waste while it might not be as flashy as some newer projects on our list Dar Carol Dorman deserves credit for Paving the way for future tall all Timber buildings across Europe the project won several Awards including building of the year in 2013 proving that sometimes the best solution isn't tearing down old buildings but building on top of them next up is 55 Southbank a mixed use Building located in Melbourne that stands at 69. 7 M 229 ft like many other tall wooden buildings on our list today it it uses a hybrid system combining both Timber and concrete for added stability while still reducing overall carbon emissions compared to traditional construction methods they took a regular six-story concrete building from 1989 and added 10 new floors on top all made from wood the original building wasn't designed to hold extra floors a normal concrete extension would have been too heavy they could only add five floors Max but wood changed everything since Timber weighs just 20% of what concrete does they doubled the extension to 10 floors the timber in this building stores 4,200 tons of carbon dioxide similar to what we saw with mnet and Sarah cter hus like those buildings all the timber comes from certified sustainable forests inside those new floors you'll find 220 hot hotel rooms run by Adena hotels but here's where things get really interesting they built entire Hotel bathrooms in factories and brought them in ready to install this meant less time spent building on site fewer trucks in Melbourne's busy streets and a faster construction timeline the building had its challenges the team had to figure out how to handle floor movement and how to connect the wooden structure to the existing concrete building they solved this by creating special connection points point in carefully planning how each piece would fit together the outside is covered with glass and curved aluminum panels creating this smooth connection between old and new parts of the building the project won a major award in 2022 from the Council on tall buildings and urban habitat marking it as one of the most Innovative building Renovations in the world now let's talk about Brock Common's Tallwood house in Vancouver a building that set records not just for its height but for Speed Brock commin stands at 57.
