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 ...

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, 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 ...

Traditional brick school facades could become a thing of the past as educational institutions aim for sustainability. Last week, I took a look at Project FROG’s modular school design, and now Bamboo ...

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

Since my recent article on constructing carbon-storing buildings, many have asked for specifics on carbon-sequestering building materials. Here is a partial list: • Cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels ...

Traditional houses all over the world were constructed from locally available resources that were strong and stable and ...