baobun 2 months ago

Clickbait- and misleading headline. The story is about one private property developer project in a suburb of Stockholm. Not some government initiative.

blackeyeblitzar 2 months ago

Given conflict in that part of the world, are wooden buildings a security risk since they can more easily be set on fire? I’ve read that mass timber has fire resistance but I can’t imagine that’s comparable to the fire resistance of concrete and steel.

bdhcuidbebe 2 months ago

Guess they forgot why Sweden stopped building cities in wood in the first place…

But hey, it is cheap!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fires_of_Stockhol...

  • dsq 2 months ago

    I read an Astrid Lindgren children's book which had one of the characters die while saving his brother from a fire that burned part of the (Swedish) city.

  • jodleif 2 months ago

    It’s not cheap. I think it’s mainly a sustainability and prestige thing.

    • bdhcuidbebe 2 months ago

      It is cheaper than the other option, concrete.