With about 2,500 bamboo scaffolding masters currently registered in the city, Hong Kong is one of the last places in the ...

Architects and construction experts released the “Pittsburgh Declaration,” calling for bamboo to become a widely used building material for the 21st Century at a recent University of Pittsburgh ...

Bamboo, the perennial and plentiful plant, is the next big thing in sustainable construction. For centuries, bamboo had been used for traditional ceremonies and as the primary material for building ...

After years of publishing projects and articles related to bamboo, we are strongly aware of its qualities as a construction material. But is it really an option that you would use into your next ...

In November 2025, a deadly fire broke out at a Hong Kong apartment complex under renovation, killing at least 168 people. The ...

It is perplexing why Haiti, a seismically active country, continues to allow construction of dangerous concrete homes that collapse on residents during earthquakes. So many lives are being senselessly ...

Bamboo produces more oxygen than other plants and also absorbs more carbon dioxide. (This is the last of a two-part series on the potential and challenges of using bamboo in construction). Ahmad ...

DOST-FPRDI’s Fire Testing Laboratory evaluates samples under ISO 11925- 2 (Ignitability) and American Society for Testing and Materials E69 (Combustibility) standards. How safe is bamboo against fire?

Researchers have developed a scalable, biodegradable, transparent bamboo material enhanced with a tungsten-doped vanadium dioxide (W-VO 2) coating for energy-efficient windows. The composite achieves ...