Researchers at Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture, working alongside PLP Architecture and engineering firm Smith and Wallwork, have presented conceptual plans for a wooden skyscraper to London mayor Boris Johnson. If it went ahead, the timber tower would be the tallest of its kind in the world.
While it’s too soon to comment as to the project’s chances of actually getting built, the tower is slated for London’s Barbican Estate and would, along with nearby mid-rise terraces, provide 1,000 much-needed new homes and around 1 million sq ft (304,800 sq m) of residential floorspace for England’s capital.
via Gizmag
Image: University of Cambridge
OK, which is it? 1 million square feet or 304,800 square meters? The two are not the same by a factor of about 3.3