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, ...

In Pakistan, floods and landslides from torrential rains since June have destroyed houses, sometimes sweeping away large buildings in raging water. In one of the hardest-hit districts, Sindh, ...

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 ...

VTN Architects' recently completed Casamia Community House is the latest example of the firm's skill in using bamboo as a construction material. The building has been designed to be durable and ...

Bamboo construction moved into the mainstream spotlight at WORLDBEX 2026, with Base Bahay Foundation showcasing its Cement-Bamboo Frame Technology as a resilient, eco-friendly alternative to ...

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 ...

Organized by the UK-based design competition site SuperSkyScrapers, the Singapore Bamboo Skyscraper competition invited design teams to explore the possibilities of using bamboo as the dominant ...

Yasmeen Lari spent a four-decade career designing award-winning structures out of concrete, glass and steel before stumbling into her ideal material. It was at a camp for refugees from military ...