Japan prepares to have the tallest wooden skyscraper in the world

A company in Japan is planning to build the world's tallest wooden . in the country's capital Tokyo in 2041.

Sumitomo Wood announced that 90% of the 70-storey building called 'W350' will use native wood material (equivalent to 180,000 cubic meters of wood) and the remaining 10% will be steel.

Image of the building design was announced by Sumitomo company.

According to the BBC, this building will provide 8,000 apartments and balconies each will have ornamental plants. To deal with earthquakes - a phenomenon that often occurs in Japan in general - the architects designed 'pipe structure' (including steel cross sliders for dynamic control placed in the center of a 350m long pillar made of wood and steel) to help the building stabilize before the tremors.

Sumitomo said the cost to build this unique building is about 600 billion yen (5.6 billion USD), double the cost to build a traditional skyscraper of the same size. However, Sumitomo expects that future advances in construction technology before 2041 - the 350th anniversary of the company's founding - will help reduce construction costs.

It is known that the concept of these is not new in Japan. Earlier, in 2010, the country passed a law requiring construction companies to use wood materials for high-rise buildings below 3 stories. According to the BBC, in the world it is not rare for buildings to use the same concept. Currently, the record of the world's tallest wooden building belongs to a 53m-high student apartment in Vancouver (Canada).