The world’s most valuable timber

By Sam Yen | October 29, 2016

You can have your steel, glass, marble and leather; when it comes to creating a fantastic home, there is no material more prized or more versatile than wood. But not all wood is the same; beech and oak may have their adherents, but the best wood in the world comes from tropical jungles. Rich, robust and in some cases, very very endangered, these are the world’s ten most valuable timber.

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