This trend towards large multi-story timber apartment buildings is worrying. That used to be prohibited in many US jurisdictions. Now I see San Jose and Redwood City putting up lots of these things. "Luxury apartments" made of chipboard. The fire protection people aren't happy about this.[1]

There's a fad for "podium buildings". The first two floors are steel and concrete, and then there are a few floors of wood. These appear in areas where you're not allowed wood construction for commercial buildings. The bottom floors are commercial; the upper floors are residential.

[1] https://community.nfpa.org/community/nfpa-today/blog/2017/03...