Creative mass timber buildings from Uytae Lee.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ42KhybIUk

Substantial building substantially of wood-- floors and columns both. Kind of a throwback to old industrial architecture in some ways, only minus all the unreinforced masonry and with a raft of differences in composition of wood, connectors etc.

The steel inserts look as though they're intended to resist seismic motion.

N. Lake Union, Seattle. Background at linked article.

https://news.theregistryps.com/groundbreaking-for-167000-sqft-multi-use-project-launches-new-era-for-seattles-north-lake-union-neighborhood

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