South Africa: Could Wooden Skyscrapers Be the Answer for Sustainable Construction?

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In search of sustainable methods of construction, Swedish construction company, Folkhem, is building on a vision of the future of wood in construction.

Homes and habitats made out of wood are not an entirely new concept. In South Africa, they range from "Wendy houses" used either as sheds or actual homes, to holiday cabins, to the apartheid-era prefabricated four-roomed township homes, through to clay and mud rondavels whose inner structure is made of wood. However, concrete is by far the world and South Africa's most popular building material.

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