The tallest skyscraper in the world will be built in Australia

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The world's tallest wooden skyscraper may appear in Western Australia. According to CNN, the height of this future skyscraper will be 191.2 meters.

Metro Perth's Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) has approved Grange Development's proposal to build the skyscraper, currently known as C6. This building will be almost twice the height of the wooden building that is currently the tallest in the world.

The structure will consist of 42% wood, and the columns and core will be made of reinforced concrete. This project uses 7,400 cubic meters of wood harvested from 600 trees. The developer promises that this skyscraper will be the first carbon negative residential building in Western Australia. It will have 50 floors and more than 200 apartments. In addition, green solutions such as a roof garden, a farm and residents' access to 80 Tesla Model 3 electric cars are provided on the territory of the building.

Director of Grange Development, James Dibble, created this project to draw attention to a conscious environmental approach in construction. Currently, the tallest hybrid wood-concrete building in the world is the Ascent Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 25 stories or 86 meters. When the C6 is completed, it will surpass Atlassian's future hybrid timber headquarters in Sydney, which plans to break the Ascent's record.