Author(s): Gernot Minke

DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION | BIRKHAUSER | MATERIALS

Bamboo: a versatile material Traditionally a building material of the warmerclimate zones, bamboo is becoming increasingly popular amongstarchitects in the northern hemisphere; bamboo has several advantages -it is very stable, of low weight, and highly elastic, in addition tobeing readily available as well as renewable. The applications of bambooin architecture have diversified considerably, so that today, evenstructures with large spans - such as bridges - are built with thismaterial. Renowned universities such as the ETH Zurich or the SUTD inSingapore have conducted research on engineered bamboo which willfurther expand its use. The third edition of this manual provides asystematic overview of the applications and processing methods of thisrenewable material. Recent inspiring bamboo buildings have been added. Practical manual for building with bamboo By a leading expert on ecological and sustainable construction Third and revised edition with many new projects