Bamboos are also being used in making furnitures and handicrafts in the Philippines ... the profile of bamboo that is traditionally used in the country in building nipa huts, as a sustainable ...

The Philippines' history and cultural background ... The Bahay Kubo is a small hut comprising nipa, bamboo, and other indigenous materials. It is often times that many citizens still choose ...

Filipino residents and groups are rallying to restore a traditional Filipino country hut ... nipa leaves would have had to come from the Philippines. The walls may be replaced with bamboo rather ...

The creator of a house made of bamboo that can ... shortage of affordable accommodation in the Philippines. He took inspiration from the bamboo hut his grandparents lived in outside Manila.

Crafted out of bamboo ... in the Philippines last December when they visited a local restaurant. His party was ushered outside into a private dining area, located in a nipa hut.

Elena Borcelas, referring to a community-based rebuilding effort after a powerful earthquake struck Bohol and parts of the central Philippines in 2013 ... “When Koreans came to my house made totally ...

Bahay kubo Cesar Gaupo has reinvented the traditional nipa hut into an architectural marvel. By setting the house above a stone ... trees mostly for cover: pole bamboo, Thai bamboo, and white ...

BANGKOK, Nov 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The creator of a low-cost house made of bamboo to tackle the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the Philippine capital has won a top ...