The bamboo house, a form that architect Rosario Encarnacion Tan says is “in the DNA” of Filipino life, is strategically open so that high winds from the typhoons that hit the Philippines each ...

In the Agusan Marshlands of the Philippines ... traditional bamboo homes float on the water and are resilient to typhoons, storms and flooding. Built 60 years ago, these bamboo houses were ...

Several businesses in the Philippines have been adamant about raising more awareness of the beauty of using bamboo in modern home construction. Kawayan Collective aggregates, processes ...

Mr Forlales' modular CUBO homes will be used to house the newcomers, before being extended to the slums at large. The young designer was inspired by his grandparent's rural bamboo house - though ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is looking to tap the economic potential of pharmaceutical-industrial products based on bamboo varieties that grow in the rivers and volcanic areas of ...

BANGKOK, Nov 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The creator of a low-cost house made of bamboo to tackle the ... The backlog for government housing in the Philippines is about 5.5 million ...

The bamboo house, a form that architect Rosario Encarnacion Tan says is “in the DNA” of Filipino life, is strategically open so that high winds from the typhoons that hit the Philippines each ...