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175: Wooden Skyscrapers, Listener Feedback, and Jason Korb Interview

Still To Be Determined

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The Benefits of Hybrid Timber Construction

Timber weighs 25% as much as concrete. Sound is sound attenuation is developed through mass. If concrete weighs four times as much as timber, it's going to do better acoustically. In our case, we're governed by wind. So high winds can try to push buildings over. You generate that lateral stability through the building cores in any high rise.

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