It may be mostly used for packaging, but cardboard is a surprisingly capable building material in the right hands, as highlighted by Shigeru Ban Architects with its eye-catching Blue Ocean Dome. The ...

It takes three people two days to build this shelter, which is made from seventy bamboo canes. The base of the self-standing shelter was made from gas pipes from a local shop, ensuring the structure ...

We’ve seen other bamboo buildingsbefore but what makes Nghia’s stand out is the dynamic domed shapes he is able to achieve with the material – especially without the use of modern machinery or metal ...

Houses and buildings are one of the first subjects children learn to draw. The simple arrangement of squares and rectangles with a triangle on top is easy and efficient, and quickly identifiable. Once ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bamboo scaffolding used in the 2007 construction of Hong Kong's Convention and Exhibition Center, where major global events like ...

Beyond what gives the bamboo plant its conventional popularity, there are more nuanced reasons why the world’s fastest-growing plant is a suitable construction material that a tropical country like ...