In March, Bangladesh's capital city became home to the world's first cell tower constructed entirely out of bamboo — proof that emerging Asia can simultaneously tackle two of its most pressing ...

Every year for just a few weeks, a towering bamboo theater rises from Ap Lei Chau, one of the world’s most densely populated islands. As many as 1,000 people will pack the 81-feet-wide, 130-feet-long, ...

Comprehensive guidance about the design of permanent bamboo structures has been published by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE). The detailed design manual draws on the expertise of ...

Autonomous robots weaving bamboo living structures for humans on Mars. That's what a pair of Malaysian designers have proposed. The Seed of Life conceptual colony, envisioned by Zaki and Amir Amzar, ...

Nestled among the lush forests of Bali, near the hill town of Ubud, is one of the island’s most remarkable villages. It’s not just that each of the 18 homes of Green Village is constructed almost ...

Vietnam's BambuBuild, working in collaboration with architecture firm Tran Ba Tiep, was commissioned to create a visually impressive and environmentally friendly centerpiece of a large restaurant. In ...

Taking the form of an oversized sea creature on a beach in the Maldives, the recently completed Overwater Restaurant, by Atelier Nomadic, certainly cuts a distinctive figure. The project offers a ...

When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar last year, roads buckled and thousands of buildings collapsed. But a group of small, ultra-low-cost homes made from bamboo survived without any damage.

With extreme weather wreaking havoc around the world, there is a need for resilient shelters more than ever before. EEMY Architecture and Design has created a sustainable and resilient structure that ...

Bamboo invasion has been widely observed across Asia (e.g., China, Japan, and India), North America, South America (e.g., Brazil and Peru) and Africa. Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), a ...

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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday described bamboo as an inseparable part of the state’s tribal life and ...