Bend & Build: Architecture with Bamboo

Author: Chris van Uffelen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Architecture involving and consisting of bamboo has developed into one of the most fascinating areas of global building culture. A material with many faces, more flexible than wood and stronger than steel: in addition to its individual and natural appearance, above all, the unique material properties such as extreme hardness combined with low weight, strong compressive and tensile strength, and elasticity significantly promote this trend. Architects, engineers and material scientists...Read more