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 ...

Back in 2017, Chiangmai Life Architects skilfully used bamboo to create a breezy sports hall at the Panyaden International School in Thailand. The firm has now returned to the same school to add an ...

Explore the enduring legacy of materials in South American architecture, where brick and bamboo connect tradition with contemporary design.

In architecture we are so caught up in creating something new, we often forget about what happens at the end of a building’s life cycle—the unfortunate, inevitable demolition. We may want our ...

Architect Shigeru Ban builds churches, houses and pavilions out of paper and bamboo. These are traditional materials of Japanese architecture, but they are anomalous in the modern world of concrete, ...

Manual for building design aims to encourage low-carbon construction as alternative to steel and concrete An airport made of bamboo? A tower reaching 20 metres high? For many years, bamboo has been ...