It's amazing what a little ingenuity and tenacity to do something good for the community and the environment can do. As it was published in an inspiring story featured in Inhabitat, Norway-based MMW Architects came up with a low-impact, inexpensive and easy-to-construct green wall system using bamboo scaffolding. As the article reads, "Although bamboo is not... [Read more...]

Completed a year ago in December 2010, the design of the Bamboo Symphony in Bangalore, India was so impressive it was shortlisted for the World Architecture Award in 2011 for two different office categories. Manasaram Architects were the masterminds behind this beautiful spiraling bamboo structure. The Manasaram Architects built the Bamboo Symphony out off... [Read more...]

This bamboo farm building known as the Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility resides on a 2,000-acre property in Goshen, Indiana. De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop designed and constructed the bamboo complex for the production, energy and recycling category of the 2010 World Architecture Festival. Made primarily of bamboo that was harvested just... [Read more...]

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