Starts and Stumbles: The Rocky Road to Europe’s Ambitious Timber Construction Targets

The aquatics complex by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4, for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, will have a vast timber roof. Image © Proloog Europe is a clear leader in mass-timber construction—home to 60 of the world’s 84 tall timber structures (eight-plus stories), according to a 2022 count by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat—and there’s no…