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Buddhist meditation and bamboo with Vo Trong Nghia

Buddhist meditation and bamboo with Vo Trong Nghia

The Vietnamese architect discusses insatiable construction markets and dwindling urban ecologies. For the latter, he recommends bamboo; for the former, meditation.

This bamboo-built ‘sea-to-table’ pavilion cultivates and serves its own oysters

This bamboo-built ‘sea-to-table’ pavilion cultivates and serves its own oysters

Reinvigorating its local Angsila economy, this pavilion in Thailand becomes a floating restaurant where fishermen and visitors can select and eat their own oysters. No wonder it won The Influencer award at INDE.Awards!

A sustainable garment manufacturing plant that rehabilitates the poor wetland

A sustainable garment manufacturing plant that rehabilitates the poor wetland

A beautiful project has been designed and completed in Guilin, China by Ronald Lu & Partners and is both sympathetic to the landscape and conceived with sustainability at its heart.

The Precision And Poetry Of Haiku Fans

The Precision And Poetry Of Haiku Fans

Serious energy efficiency, precision materials, quietness, natural air circulation and great design – there are plenty of reasons why Haiku fans are multiple award winners.

IBUKU’s Elora Hardy On Bamboo Architecture And Model Making

IBUKU’s Elora Hardy On Bamboo Architecture And Model Making

Bamboo Futures, an installation at London’s V&A Museum for London Design Festival, explores the model-making process of Canadian-Indonesian architect Elora Hardy of IBUKU.

Kengo Kuma Weaves Bamboo And Carbon Fibre Together For London Design Festival 2019

Kengo Kuma Weaves Bamboo And Carbon Fibre Together For London Design Festival 2019

Kengo Kuma has designed a cocoon-like installation for the V&A courtyard that weaves ancient and contemporary materials together.

Five Uses of Bamboo in Temporary Architecture

Five Uses of Bamboo in Temporary Architecture

The rising popularity of Bamboo sees the lightweight, low cost and abundant traditional Chinese material used in transient spaces over recent years.