Top 10 tallest mass-timber buildings around the world

By Amy Peacock
Dezeen Magazine
March 29, 2023
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: International

We have rounded up the world’s 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber structures, including an engineered-wood shopping-centre extension and a carbon-negative cultural centre. Compiled using data from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the roundup also features apartment towers, hotels and a school, demonstrating the potential of mass timber in building tall structures. While some of the projects have structures made entirely from mass-timber components, such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glued laminated timber(glulam), others introduce concrete and steel elements to build taller. Here are the world’s 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber structures. …This article is part of Dezeen’s Timber Revolution series, which explores the potential of mass timber and asks whether going back to wood as our primary construction material can lead the world to a more sustainable future.

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