Would you live in a tall timber building?

你会住在一座高大的木结构建筑里吗？

Since 1994, timber buildings in Sweden have not  been limited by height or number of storeys.

自 1994 年以来，瑞典的木结构建筑不受高度或层数的限制。

It arguably started in 2008 in London with the Stadthaus, the first high density residential timber building above eight storeys tall.

它可以说是 2008 年在伦敦的 Stadthaus 开始的，Stadthaus 是第一座八层以上的高密度住宅木结构建筑。

By 2014, there were at least 30 taller timber buildings in the works or already completed, and now it's a worldwide wave.

到 2014 年，至少有 30 座更高的木结构建筑正在建设中或已经完工，现在这是一个全球性的浪潮。

Also in Sunnyvale, another new five-storey Google office will become the first mass timber building in the area.

同样在桑尼维尔，另一座新的五层谷歌办公室将成为该地区第一座大型木结构建筑。

The current second tallest timber building -  HoHo Wien in Austria - was completed in 2020, coming in just one metre shorter.

目前第二高的木结构建筑——奥地利的 HoHo Wien——于 2020 年完工，仅矮一米。

As a follow up to this one, I'd recommend checking out my coworker, Phil Edwards's great video on the world's tallest mass timber building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

接下来，我建议大家看看我的同事菲尔·爱德华兹的视频，他在威斯康星州密尔沃基市拍摄了世界上最高的木结构建筑。

The title of the world's tallest  timber building never seems to stay in one place for long - at least in recent years.

世界最高木结构建筑的称号似乎永远不会在一个地方停留太久——至少最近几年是这样。

Described as a pilot project, it's expected to pave the way for more mass timber buildings from the company in the future.

被描述为一个试点项目，预计将为公司未来更多的大型木结构建筑铺平道路。

In fact, carbon emission savings  of around 60% can be achieved, and 400% more carbon can be stored within  a timber building than a concrete one.

事实上，可以实现约 60% 的碳排放节省，并且与混凝土建筑相比， 木结构建筑可以储存多 400% 的碳。

There's the Hoho tower set to be complete in 2019 in Vienna, 24 floors high and the Treet, a 14 storey all timber building completed in Norway in 2015.

Hoho 塔将于 2019 年在维也纳完工，高 24 层， 而 Treet 是一座 14 层的全木结构建筑， 于 2015 年在挪威完工。

Changes in the latest version allow for mass  timber buildings up to 18 storeys in the US, as long as the timber is fully  protected by non-combustible materials.

最新版本的变化允许在美国建造高达 18 层的大型木结构建筑，只要木材受到不燃材料的充分保护。

Engineers can now design timber buildings to burn  for specific periods of time;they remain standing for long enough to meet the regulation  escape times - normally an hour or more.

工程师现在可以将木结构建筑设计为在特定时间段内燃烧；它们可以站立足够长的时间以满足规定的逃生时间——通常是一个小时或更长时间。

Height is also no longer the issue it once  was, and timber buildings over 80 metres are already completed or under construction  in Europe, North America and Australia.

高度也不再是曾经的问题，在欧洲、北美和澳大利亚， 超过 80 米的木结构建筑已经建成或在建。

Timber buildings can be designed for  self-extinguishment too, which is when flames are no longer strong enough to break down the material  and the fire dies out due to a lack of fuel.

木结构建筑可以设计为熄灭也是如此， 当火焰不再强大到足以分解材料并且由于缺乏燃料而火熄灭时。

Now, all buildings carry the risk of fire  but timber buildings can be made to burn in a much more predictable way than  those built from steel and concrete, and can be designed to be even safer.

现在，所有建筑物都有着火的风险，但与钢筋混凝土建造的建筑物相比，木结构建筑物可以以更可预测的方式燃烧，并且可以设计得更安全。