The Ply’s the Limit: Mjøsa Tower and the Future of Modern Timber Construction
Peter Martin
What are skyscrapers made of? Concrete? Steel? Usually, you’d be right. But there’s something a little different about the Mjøsa Tower in Brumunddal, Norway. It stands 84.5 meters high and is the world’s tallest timber building...
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