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For people who are interested in Timber Building / Construction.

The World's Tallest Timber Buildings [1],

Why Finland is Building a Wood City [2].

Why There Are No Timber Skyscrapers [3],

Why All Buildings Should Be Timber [4]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JqSsc8ZKk

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4QYkEpw9pA

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_8LlcuV0gc

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieBVNgMkcpw



To add more huge timber structures to the list, here’s a starting point to see/learn more about the historical Kennecott mine in Wrangell-St. Elias Nat’l park in Alaska [0]. I’ve had the good fortune to walk through it–it is simply incredible.

[0]: https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/kennecott-mine...


All of these sound good, but the caveat is that they are wood + epoxy/resin/glue.


Why is that a caveat?


The knife in the article is just wood, with some food-grade oil on the surface.




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