Experts are divided on the risks of engineered timber in a fire. Some argue that the exterior surface only chars, leaving the structural core intact
Columns and beams are made from cross-laminated timber - layers of wood that have been glued together at different angles - making them stronger than concrete and lighter than steel.
But Rory Hadden, a fire safety researcher at Edinburgh University said charring still releases combustible gases - and more studies need to be done."I want to see timber buildings. The benefits of them are real and they're nice places to be," he said. But timber is a carbon sponge. A tree sucks 1.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to produce 1 tonne of timber.Greensted Church in Essex is the oldest wooden building in Europe
"So the adaptability of these buildings, the low carbon qualities of this material and the fact that we can grow more of it mean that timber is the future of architecture and the future of construction."
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