TED Talks

Michael Green: Why we should build wooden skyscrapers (2013x136)

Air date: Jul 09, 2013

Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of … wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's necessary.