Booming Bamboo

by Pablo van der Lugt

'Booming Bamboo' provides a comprehensive overview of the enormous potential of this sustainable resource. Not only for architecture and design but also for a multitude of other applications. After covering the ""bamboo basics"" (growth, properties, cultural history, industrialisation), the first part of the book introduces the many benefits of bamboo as a fast-growing, renewable resource. The second part presents the various ways in which bamboo can be transformed into many different exciting materials and fabrics.

192 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2017

Reviews

[Maarten Markus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really good analysis and examples of the potential of Bamboo as a more sustainable and potentially circular material.