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Sweden is teaching Azerbaijan how to build cities with wood instead of concrete, showcasing massive timber projects ahead of the UN's World Urban Forum in Baku. With 70% forest cover and over a century of reforestation laws, Sweden's low-carbon construction expertise could reshape urban development across the Caspian region.
A honeycomb-shaped office building in Vancouver is proving that wood can stand tall in earthquake zones while fighting climate change. The Hive is now the tallest earthquake-resistant mass timber building in North America.
Skyscrapers made of wood are sprouting up across North America, capturing carbon while reaching 25 stories high. The future of sustainable cities is being built from trees, one engineered timber beam at a time.
A revolutionary building material called mass timber is transforming construction by slashing carbon emissions while creating warmer, healthier spaces. The first multi-story timber office in over a century just proved sustainable buildings can be both beautiful and practical.
A new 12-story student residence in British Columbia is made almost entirely of wood that captured carbon while growing. Canada leads the world with 700 of these climate-friendly buildings, and a new national housing program is scaling production to drive costs down.