According to the Institution of Structural Engineers, its high durability, growth speed and low-carbon nature make bamboo the ...

Manual for building design aims to encourage low-carbon construction as alternative to steel and concrete ...

The Institution of Structural Engineers has published a design manual espousing the use of bamboo in construction around the world.

This project set out to build a private swimming pool using bamboo, paired with a decorated living room space. What looked ...

This video demonstrates essential survival skills in a jungle environment, focusing on building a structure using bamboo and ...

[HONG KONG] 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 are ...

Researchers publish first ever structural engineering manual for bamboo, a significant milestone in realising the benefits of ...

The proposed legislation to standardize the use of engineered bamboo in construction marks a potentially transformative moment for the Philippines. For too long, bamboo has been confined to ...

As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to protect people from earthquakes. When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador ...

FUKUOKA -- An experiment using bamboo as biomass fuel has begun in the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Nankan, a major bamboo-producing area in southwestern Japan, to help stop the plant material going to ...