2024-12-22T05:05:57-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150022106/bohlin-cywinski-jackson-s-tsingtao-pearl-visitor-center-reintroduces-wood-construction-in-china Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-08-11T09:14:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/q3/q36eu4vyg5nf4vb9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>While <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/282/timber" target="_blank">wooden frame structures</a> are quite common in North America, in <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/643/china" target="_blank">China</a>, concrete, steel and brick have long been favored as the sturdier building product. <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/47974/bohlin-cywinski-jackson" target="_blank">Bohlin Cywinski Jackson</a>'s new Tsingtao Pearl Visitor Center represents an international collaboration to reestablish lumbered building materials in the world's largest construction market.&nbsp;</p>