# Why we should build wooden skyscrapers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2013
- Speaker: Michael Green
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_green_why_we_should_build_wooden_skyscrapers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of … wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's necessary.

## Lectures

1. [Why we should build wooden skyscrapers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/michael_green_why_we_should_build_wooden_skyscrapers/6a7173951b4c), 13 min (TED's player)