How We Engineered Incredible Wooden Buildings

Aside from a concrete garage and elevator shafts, Ascent Milwaukee is a 25 story-tall building constructed almost entirely from wood, making it the tallest mass timber building in the world. It might not hold this title for long though because wooden skyscrapers are rapidly growing in popularity due to a host of benefits including sustainability. But how are wooden skyscrapers possible? And isn’t it a little foolish to make a timber tower when a little thing called “fire” exists? Watch the full interview with Jason Korb here: Watch Why Are Floating Wind Turbines So Huge? Video script and citations: Get my achieve energy security with solar guide: Follow-up podcast: Video version - Audio version - Join the Undecided Discord server: 👋 Support Undecided on Patreon! ⚙️ Gear & Products I Like Great sustainable products for your home: Visit my Energysage Portal: Research solar panels and get quotes for free! Or find community solar near you: For a curated solar buying experience EnergyPal’s free personalized quotes: Tesla Referral Code: Get 1,000 free supercharging miles or a discount on Tesla Solar & Powerwalls 👉 Follow Me Mastodon @mattferrell Twitter Instagram Facebook Website 📺 YouTube Tools I Recommend Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound TubeBuddy VidIQ I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn’t put them here if I didn’t like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.