Winterthur

At the same time, the urban developer Atrium Ljungberg had recently announced the construction of Stockholm Wood City, a new 250,000 square metre neighbourhood of offices, homes, shops and apartments, all created out of timber.

In Winterthur, Switzerland, the 100-metre-tall wooden Rocket apartment block is soon to arrive on the skyline, while in Perth in Western Australia, a project is underway to almost double that height again with a 191-metre-high half-wood tower.

Similar developments are cropping up all across Europe, North America and Asia.

Most ambitious of all is the Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry's master plan for a 350 metre high wooden skyscraper.

Um, he's a Swiss born, uh, with Italian heritage.

Uh, he's a number six or a number eight whose story connects Winterthur, Naples, Lecce, Rome, La Spezia and now Sardinia.

He was born in the...

in Winterthur in the Canton of Zurich on the 17th of June 2006.

Um, Romano grew up outside Zurich, roughly halfway between Zurich and Winterthur and has been described as... and, and the place has been described as rather peaceful, organized and an excellent place to live.

In other words, a typically Swiss place to live.

Um, football is, is part of his family business or fam- family history.

Kriens, I don't know how to pronounce that, um, but I suppose it's like that.