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Currently under construction is this 73m tall residential wooden tower in Amsterdam:

https://hautamsterdam.nl/en/

The name HAUT appears to be a play on the Dutch word for wood (HOUT) and the french word for tall (HAUTE).

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Note that “haute” is the feminine form, and the masculine version of tall is just “haut.”

Thanks for pointing that out. Now I learned that "cuisine" is feminine.

No, adjective like "haut" change according to the noun it describes and most of the time by appending a "e". A "tour" (the feminine word for tower) will be "haute". An "arbre" (the masculine word for tree) will be "haut". "Cuisine" is a general noun so it does not change, even if it ends with a "e". There are not a masculine or feminine cuisine, it's just a cuisine :).

"Cuisine" is a feminine noun (e.g. "la belle cuisine").

> "Cuisine" is a general noun so it does not change, even if it ends with a "e". There are not a masculine or feminine cuisine, it's just a cuisine :).

"cuisine" is definitely a feminine noun. There is no such thing as a "general" noun. Also, it is the adjective that changes to match the noun, not the other way around.

Those condo prices are eye watering (€1 million+).

Amsterdam has crossed 10K euros / sq meter.

How do regular people afford to buy?

Not. Even not so regular people can't afford to buy. So there is a fairly large contingent of people that rent at exorbitant prices with both parents working and the remainder moved out to more affordable places.

I wish France and other would follow on building wood based punscrapers

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