It would create three storeys of open-plan office space, leaving the original building untouched.

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Wooden buildings with two or three storeys today must have through-pillars connecting the roof firmly to the foundations.

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They are in buildings of no more than three storeys, so there is no need for expensive structural works.

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The new development will be 280m long and stand three storeys high.

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Designed and built by owners Nikos and Fotini, each has three storeys, with magnificent views of the Aegean Sea from the bedrooms on the upper floors.

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It also submitted plans for the Island Point site on Westferry Road, which include three-storey townhouses and maisonettes along with apartment buildings which would be from three to five storeys high.

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The sheathing has not been used in the UK since the 1980s and codes in the United States specifically prohibit their use in buildings of more than three or four storeys, he said.

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The 34 storeys are divided into three blocks, and high floors have views of the city skyline and across the Bosphorus.

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