![]() Making buildings carbon-neutral or, better still, carbon-negative architecture is a key concern for many architects today. It is for this reason that 3XN will use wood as the primary material in its extension for Hotel GSH in Bornholm (above) while Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios will use CLT for an office in London. ![]() This can help achieve carbon-negative buildings by offsetting the carbon emissions generated through construction and operation. One of the biggest benefits of building with timber is that it can sequester large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere and store it within a building for as long as it stands. ![]() ![]() However, there has been a recent resurgence in its popularity as a construction material, due to its sustainability credentials and improvements in engineered timbers such as cross-laminated timber (CLT). Wood has been used to build structures throughout history.
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