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This degree project focuses on the most favorable material choice for frame elements that is technically dominant between wood and concrete. Purpose: The focus of the project was to determine which material is technically dominant without considering costs, operators, transport etc. Method: The method used for this report was to gather scientific information from reliable sources and the book called “Byggkonstruktions, regel- och formelsamling” (Isaksson & Mårtensson, 2010) in order to compare and do calculations for the carrying capacity that wood and concrete have when stressed with a certain load. Results: The results are presented when the technical properties are presented from each material perspective. Concrete has a low tensile strength and a high compressive strength as the material can be subjected to both plastic and elastic deformations, but since it is the reinforcement in the concrete that has the high tensile strength, concrete without reinforcements could not have as good bearing capacity. Wood, on the other hand, is an anisotropic material and its values ​​are highly dependent on the structure and fiber direction of the material, resulting in different strength values. Conclusion: In this work it shows that the most favorable material of choice for the body is concrete and glulam.