bamboo
Project
Revising the resort village by the sea
W Bali – Seminyak opened back in 2011, so how is the design of this luxury resort holding up in the fast-paced locale?
Project
A fusion of design and culture high up in Singapore’s Capital Tower
Kokaistudios’ first Singapore project is an 846-square-metre hospitality interior celebrating cultural synergy through its dynamic and vibrant aesthetics.
Ideas
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.
Project
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!
Project
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.
Products
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.
People
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.
Events
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.
Articles
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.