But being long dead meant that the wood could have problems—rot, holes, or other flaws—that would make it unsuitable for certain construction uses. Even typical timber requires inspection ...

But Scandinavia—with both a long tradition of building wooden villas and cabins ... mass-timber properties. Norway’s third-highest building, Mjøstårnet, was built out of wood in 2019.

Completed in 2019, the building combines mass timber with ... houses’ or log cabins,” said Roy Southey, executive director of Sawmilling South Africa (SSA). While wood is used to build ...

A yellow crane hovers above a building site in Sickla, a former industrial neighbourhood that’s home to one of Stockholm’s biggest real estate projects. But instead of delivering concrete, it’s ...