‘The largest mass timber project in the world’, as Swedish property developer Atrium Ljungberg describes it, began in October 2024 and is set to provide 2 000 new homes by 2027.  

The company’s core goal is to improve the sustainability of construction projects. Using wood instead of concrete and steel in 80 % of new buildings would, according to a 2020 study by Aalto University and the Finnish Environment Institute, help offset half of Europe’s construction industry emissions. Atrium Ljungberg is also championing the idea that spending time in buildings made with natural materials can help improve our well-being. 

Scandinavia is ahead of the curve when it comes to ramping up construction of multi-storey mass-timber properties, but large-scale wooden building projects are growing in popularity even at global level. Indeed, Singapore opened a 468 000 square-foot wooden college campus building two years ago, Seattle introduced a landmark eight-storey affordable housing block, also in 2023, and in Sydney, a giant timber retail and office space is currently under construction.  

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