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 ...

Watch as we construct an incredible craft villa using bamboo and mud, complete with a beautifully decorated private living room. This project, built entirely by hand with simple tools, showcases ...

What exactly is bamboo? Bamboo is often thought of as wood, but the plants are not trees. Instead, they are part of the grass family. More than 1,600 species exist, with most tending to thrive in ...

Pablo van der Lugt is an architect, author and speaker. His research focuses on the potential of materials such as bamboo and mass timber for the construction sector, and their positive impacts on the ...

While the University of Pittsburgh’s Kent Harries, PhD, FASCE, FACI, FIIFC, PEng, claims to have stumbled into bamboo research, today he is helping lead the charge to advance bamboo testing and design ...

Uganda and other countries around the world are promoting bamboo as a tool to combat ecosystem and soil degradation, ...

Each material has its own peculiarities and, when using it for building, the design and construction process must accommodate these characteristics. A steel-framed building, for example, must be ...

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong plans to phase out its long tradition of using bamboo scaffolding for construction projects, after the city’s deadliest residential fire in more than 60 years. Investigators ...

Structural engineer Ahmad Mazlan Othman is a proponent of designing and building with bamboo, such as this bridge project in Langkawi, Kedah. (Bernama pic) For structural engineer Ahmad Mazlan Othman, ...