Ambitious plan hatched for supertall wooden skyscraper in Tokyo

New "world's tallest" timber towers sprout up quite regularly nowadays, but Japanese lumber and housing firm Sumitomo Forestry could smash all current records if its ambitious plan to build a supertall timber skyscraper in Tokyo is realized. Rising to an impressive 350 m (1,148 ft)-tall, the tower would be a real feat of wooden construction.

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Category: Architecture

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• Building and Construction
• Concept Architecture
• Skyscrapers
• Tokyo
• Wooden

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