Enabling Landscapes: INTERHOLCO's Sustainability Report 2017
Interholco presents its first stand-alone Sustainability Report simultaneously in Baar, Switzerland and in Vancouver, Canada, where the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General Assembly 2017 has just been kicked off. Interholco is an active participant at this General Assembly. To find out more: https://interholco.com/images/pdfs/Enabling-Landscapes-INTERHOLCO-Sustainability-Report-2017-.pdf
Interholco presents its first stand-alone Sustainability Report simultaneously in Baar, Switzerland and in Vancouver, Canada, where the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General Assembly 2017 has just been kicked off. Interholco is an active participant at this General Assembly.
To find out more: https://interholco.com/images/pdfs/Enabling-Landscapes-INTERHOLCO-Sustainability-Report-2017-.pdf
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The value of ‘Made in Africa’ wood: for Cities, globally<br />
Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, and productivity; social, human and<br />
economic development. According to the United Nations, the urban population in 2014 rose to<br />
54% of the total global population, up from 34% in 1960. Today, the majority of people live in<br />
urban areas. Wood products lend themselves well to pre-fabricated components that take<br />
less time to build. Polluting less and with better seismic performance than concrete and<br />
masonry buildings, wood is fire resistant, thus holding the answer to cost-saving projects that<br />
ensure high-quality living spaces. From Brazzaville to Bergen, Chicago, London, Milan, Paris,<br />
São Paulo, Tokyo, Vienna and Zürich, wood is becoming more and more the material of choice.<br />
as seen<br />
on designMENA<br />
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo<br />
Despite a tight project deadline, London and<br />
Istanbul-based AVCI architects used natural<br />
wood as much as possible to complete their<br />
Congo Kintele Congress Centre (<strong>2017</strong>)<br />
as seen<br />
on dezeen<br />
São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Scheduled to open in 2019, Rosewood<br />
Tower hotel pays homage to trees that<br />
can be found in the Brazilian Atlantic<br />
Forest. With a plant-filled, 90-metre tall<br />
tower, the hotel draws on inspiration<br />
from Africa, America and Italy<br />
as seen<br />
on archdaily<br />
as seen<br />
on architecture now<br />
Portland, United States<br />
The United States’ first mass-timber<br />
highrise has been granted planning<br />
permission (<strong>2017</strong>), ushering in a new era of<br />
tall wooden construction in the US<br />
Canterbury, New Zealand<br />
The Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology<br />
building demonstrates that sustainable multi-storey<br />
timber buildings ensure a high level of earthquake<br />
protection (2011)<br />
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