Voll Arkitekter's Mjøstårnet "helped wooden architecture reach new heights"

Next in our Timber Revolution series is a profile of Mjøstårnet, an 85.4-metre-high tower in Brumunddal, Norway, that was one of the world's first true timber skyscrapers.

The 18-storey mixed-use building was named world's tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) when it was completed in March 2019, comfortably surpassing the 53-metre Brock Commons Tallwood House in Vancouver.

Architecture studio Voll Arkitekter believes that the milestone...