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"... and i'd recently read that builders are actually starting to surround steel columns with cross-laminated timber ..."

Somewhat relevant - might interest you:

https://easternwhitepine.org/this-office-buildings-wooden-fr...

TAMedia office building in Zurich.



> ...mass timber...

Not sure if this is a regional / language difference, but I've more commonly seen it called "engineered wood" [0]. Which apparently now also includes transparent(?!) wood composite [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_wood

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_wood_composite


my impression is that 'engineered wood' is a slightly different aggregation than 'mass timber', with engineered wood including things like plywood, while mass timber is focused on the 'timber' aspect (more structurally focused, usually larger).




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