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[–] brap@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep. Can’t imagine a wooden house. It sounds flimsy and loud.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Brick does really badly in earthquakes, at least without major reinforcing. 'Unreinforced masonry' can be fatal pretty easily.

Brick veneer over timber framing can be a thing.

[–] sykaster@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lucky for Europe then that it's not on major fault lines

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Which is why stone construction was possible there

[–] brap@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That’s a really good point I’ve not thought about as I’m lucky to live somewhere without that risk.

Makes a great gift, though.