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HistoricalQuit6672 t1_ixm3oru wrote

Yes apartment but look 👀 closely I believe the rules say wood frame up to 5 floors so they build the first 2 floor with aluminum studs and the rest wood so they can go higher and change more. God I love this country there are ways around everything in this place.

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Athrynne t1_ixn84h8 wrote

That's completely normal in a low rise podium building. They build a concrete podium for the 5 storeys to sit on.

The main reason that there aren't very tall wooden buildings is because of all the cities burning down in there 19th century. With modern fire suppression technology, wooden buildings are much safer.

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