Japan: The tallest building in the world using wood

In order to commemorate its 350th anniversary, a Japanese company is planning to claim the tallest building in the world by the year 2041.

The 70-storey building is named the W350, a 10% iron and a combined total of 80,000,000 square feet of iron from the Sumitomo Forestry Company.

The building is consisted of eighty eight houses with leafy trees and trees with sandalwood.

The building will be able to withstand earthquakes in Tokyo by installing a pair of iron pipes to control the vibrations of a 1,150-foot-wide pillar of wood and iron.

What is the cost of building the building?

Generally, this unique building costs twice as much as the cost of a building, which is estimated to be Â Â Â 660 billion (US $ 5.6 billion).

But with the advancement of technology by 2041, Sumitomoto says it can be lower than estimated.

Is the "wooden" apartment building a new idea?
No. Construction companies should use wood for buildings of less than three floors in accordance with the laws enacted in 2010.

There are wooden buildings everywhere in the world. The 18-floor office building in the city of Minneapolis and the 53-foot hostel house built in Vancouver are the tallest buildings in the world.

Are wooden buildings environmentally friendly?

8% of the carbon in the environment and 5% of the gas emissions are responsible for the concrete and iron constructions.

Wood, however, absorbs carbon and does not return it to air.

About two-thirds of the land in Japan is covered with forests.

What challenges do you face in this project?

The main challenge facing such projects is the non-resistance of firewood to fire fire.

But with the use of a cross-laminated timber (CLT) made of wood, a control of this condition can be controlled, and so built structure builds up with a steel that is higher than iron.

Due to the huge amount of construction done from timber, it can not be a public one in the construction field for a long time.