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Default Just imagine... a BUILDING, made of WOOD!!

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John McCoy writes:
Steve wrote in
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Well yes I am, but seriously, this came over my LinkedIn feed today,
and is pretty cool. Newly-developed, major commercial in Minneapolis.
7 stories, 238,000 Sq. Ft. Thought I'd share.


"The foundation, core, and ground floor are concrete, but the rest of
the seven-story structure is timber, making it the largest timber
building in North America."


Good marketting PR speak, but factually untrue. The largest
timber building in NA would be one of the blimp hangers the
Navy built in WW2, of which half a dozen still exist. They
are about 10 times as large as this new building.


The hanger for the USS Macon (1933 Moffett Field) has a steel structure, which
is currently quite obvious when one drives by, since the outer
skin has been removed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar..._California%29

The Goodyear Airdock (1929) is also steel structure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_Airdock

Lakehurst #1 (1921) is also steel:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Hangar_No._1

Can you name a specific airship hanger built from wood?


For openers, look up Lakehurst 5 and 6.