“In the Philippines, in our vernacular architecture ... “At 60-70% labor cost… we are building more jobs. Because doing bamboo pole construction requires high skill, as opposed to the 2x2 or 2x6 na ...

Base Bahay Foundation, Inc., a global leader in bamboo-based research and technology, in partnership with the Association of ...

BAMBOO is no longer the poor man's timber and instead can become the single most important material in sustainable ...

Professionals explore various global green building rating systems that ... showcasing early sustainable architecture in the Philippines. Crafted from bamboo and nipa palm, its elevated design ...

“I want to make Manila first in mind of bamboo researchers,” he says. Building the Philippines’ reputation as a leading research hub for bamboo construction technology is already gaining tractio ...

An alternative building technologies research hub is developing a structural code for bamboo as a building material, to be included in Philippine laws by next year. Inaugurated in 2021, BASE ...

Ewe Jin Low of TENTEN and Better Bamboo Buildings, David Sans of Rizome, Dr. Lessandro Garciano of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) and De La Salle University ...

HB 9144 will promote bamboo as a sustainable building material, boosting Philippines’ compliance with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It will call for the integration of ...

But some microscopic plant bits can stand up to the ravages of time, as shown by rare scraps stuck to three stone tools recently studied in the Philippines. These tiny traces of archaic plant ...

The Bamboo Stalk, however, won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2013. The book cover depicts the buildings found in Kuwait and Philippines. The title of the novel allures the audience ...