In recent years, timber skyscrapers have been continually touted as one of architecture’s most exciting frontiers.  But how does timber really measure up? First, wood is a renewable resource that is less energy-intensive to extract than concrete and steel. Second, wood requires reduced energy to process raw logs into engineered wood. And third, emissions that are naturally absorbed into trees through photosynthesis continues in the building’s engineered wood fibers. So, if built right, architecture can serve as a carbon sink for as long as it stands.

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