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Video: Why We Should Build Wood Skyscrapers

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Jul 10, 2013

In this TED Talk, architect Michael Green explains why the world needs wood skyscrapers from an ecological and demographics standpoint: Wood structures provide the world with more housing while reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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