Booming Bamboo
Publisher: Materia
Published: Dec 01, 2017
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789082755206
Description: 'Booming Bamboo' provides a comprehensive overview of the enormous potential of this sustainable resource. Not only for architecture and design but also for a multitude of other applications. After covering the "bamboo basics" (growth, properties, cultural history, industrialisation), the first part of the book introduces the many benefits of bamboo as a fast-growing, renewable resource. The second part presents the various ways in which bamboo can be transformed into many different exciting materials and fabrics.