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Of all materials used in building construction, timber is the only fully renewable raw material, continuously produced by nature.
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Cruz, H., Saporiti, J. (2019). Timber. In: Guedes, M., Cantuaria, G. (eds) Bioclimatic Architecture in Warm Climates. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12036-8_14
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