[ealgeone]

Speaking Tuesday, he said the cathedral’s roof cannot be rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire because “we don’t, at the moment, have trees on our territory of the size that were cut in the 13th century.”

Uh-o....will they blame this on global warming (aka climate change)

[Red Badger]

If I were them, I’d be staying away from wood, and look to more modern materials, like concrete........................

[headstamp 2]

[[[Speaking Tuesday, he said the cathedral’s roof cannot be rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire because “we don’t, at the moment, have trees on our territory of the size that were cut in the 13th century]]]

Engineered lumber.

[trebb]

Nah - it’s been a loooong time since some trees of sufficient size have been available to provide timbers like what appears in older structures...we harvested them for such projects and it takes (to quote AOC) like forever for others to reach that size....
Of course, we can now put together all them arches and timber spans with custom built/glued ones...just doesn’t look the same.