Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled conceptual plans for Stockholm's tallest building ? a 133-metre wooden skyscraper covered in numbers, which would be erected on top of a 1960s car park in the city centre.
The local studio was commissioned to design the 40-storey skyscraper by Stockholm's liberal Center Party, to help cater for the city's rapidly growing population.
Berensson previously drew up plans for a high-density housing scheme with aerial walkways for the political party with the same idea in mind.
"If we want to reduce the amount of cars in the city centre of Stockholm and at the same time make space for more housing without building on green areas, then replacing car parks with housing, shops and restaurants feels obvious," said the architect.
Berensson proposes that the 40-storey structure could be made from cross-laminated timber (CLT), a type of engineered wood made from sections of laminated wood. The material is considerably stronger and more stable than regular timber, allowing architects to propose bigger and taller wooden structures than ever before.

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"CLT has great capacity when it comes to building high-rises both in terms of strength but also actually when it comes to fire," the architect told Dezeen.
"Today in Sweden CLT is a rather new technique and is mostly used for low buildings but we wanted to show its potential esp...