Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.

But instead of delivering concrete, it’s manoeuvring giant chunks of wood to construction ... (cross-laminated timber). This is made by bonding together layers of wooden panels at right angles ...

It is true the United States is heavily reliant on timber framing for residential construction ... stucco or a low-flame-spread wood,” Chasen told this masthead. The home also had some ...