Sidewalk Labs tests possibilities for timber construction with 35-storey "Proto-Model"

Sidewalk Labs, the architecture and urbanism arm of Google parent company Alphabet, has unveiled a digital model for what would be the world's tallest mass-timber building, reaching 35 storeys.
Sidewalk Labs plans to build mass-timber high-rises as part of its redevelopment of the Toronto waterfront, but the current tallest buildings of this type are 18 storeys, and the company wants to go higher.
To explore how this could be achieved, the company spent a year working on "a digital proof of conc