This depends on your own perception and whether you think bricks are “better”. Timber has a number of advantages over conventional build:
- It is a renewable resource.
- It has very low embodied carbon.
- It is much quicker to build in prefabricated timber and much less weather dependant.
- The build is much cleaner with few wet trades.
- It is easier to achieve air tightness of the shell with a log building than block or brick walls.
- The structure is lighter, requiring shallower foundations.
- Timber houses are largely earthquake proof and walls don’t collapse if a lorry crashes into them for instance.
- Interior timber wall panelling (instead of plasterboard) is recognised as creating a much healthier living environment.