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London's Black & White Building is made of wood that 'grows back in 137 minutes'

In London he opens a building for working purposes made entirely of "rapid regrowth" wood. How fast, exactly?

January 27 2023
Gianluca RiccioGianluca Riccio
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"The Black & White Building", an office building made entirely of wood, has just seen the light in the London suburb of Shoreditch. From the collaboration between The Office Group (TOG), a company specializing in the design of workspaces, and the architectural firm Waugh thistleton a structure was born that perfectly combines nature with the corporate world.

The facility houses 94 bike storage spaces, 94 workstations, six meeting rooms, recreational facilities, showers, and even a bar and yoga center.

Wood offices London

"Fast Growing" Materials

The 17-metre (58 ft) tall London-based building was constructed using laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and cross-laminated timber (CLT). Both materials have been chosen for a significantly lower waste production than that of iron and steel.

In all, there are 1.547 pine and spruce trees and 227 beech trees in The Black & White Building. All from certified forests in Austria and Germany.

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The main feature of this London building, however, is another. It aroused my interest, and at the same time my perplexities. According to TOG, the wood used can be fully regenerated in nature in just 137 minutes. It echoes Andrew Waugh, by the Waugh Thistleton architectural firm, which states:

This data clearly shows that wood can be a valid substitute for concrete and steel in construction, saving thousands of tons of CO2. We need to change the way we build, to transform the construction sector.

London timber construction

London: one forest, one building

I do not question the beauty and validity of wood as a building material. We have often talked about solutions of this kind. However, I wonder about the data and the proportions.

Given the fact that the number of trees felled and used for such a building is that of a small forest, what exactly does "materials regenerate in 137 minutes" mean?

I can understand that a first, tender sprout marks the beginning of rebirth two and a half hours after a new sowing, but trees need time to regrow. I would be careful.

And then there are things that convince me

Doubts aside (but not dismissed), there's still some interesting stuff left in these London offices. For example, the fact that several components of the building were designed to "snap" together, not by fixing or gluing them together.

This is an avenue that can be explored in the future: a form of eco-friendly design that could one day make possible the entire (and environmentally "painless") dismantling of the structure rather than demolition.

Furthermore, the presence of 80 solar panels on the roof, which supply most of the internal electricity.

On an aesthetic level, nothing to say. This place is simply magnificent. The all-wood interiors (furniture, walls, floors: everything) have a crazy effect.

Will the price, in any sense, be fair?

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