People who build with bamboo are usually true believers, convinced that there is no better construction material on Earth. They cite instances from around the world of multi-story buildings made ...

A Hyderabad couple grappled with debts, depression and kidnappings in their bid to promote eco-friendly, sustainable homes to give a livelihood to tribal artisans Three months into their marriage, a ...

The curvilinear building extensively makes use of locally sourced, recycled, and natural building materials like bamboo, fly ash, recycled wood, scraps metal, and stone. Built surrounding the Lotus ...

BAMBOO isn’t often used to build homes in the Philippines, as many consider this as “a poor man’s material.” Base Bahay Foundation, Inc. is hoping to change this perception, as it pushes for the use ...

Bamboo is not just for pandas anymore. One of the most sustainable natural materials may finally be on track to be accepted as a building material in the developed world. Building codes everywhere ...

Searching for new ways to build sustainable homes, Earl Forlales decided to look not into the future, but to the past. His grandparents, like generations of Filipinos, lived in a “Bahay Kubo” – a ...

Discover innovative techniques in primitive construction as this video showcases the building of a secret underground bamboo ...

Bamboo, the perennial and plentiful plant, is the next big thing in sustainable construction. For centuries, bamboo had been used for traditional ceremonies and as the primary material for building ...

We’ve seen bikes with frames made out of aluminum, titanium, carbon fiber, and even IsoTruss tubes, but bamboo? Well yes, actually, we saw some here in Gizmag just last May. Back then, we were looking ...