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Bamboo Joints and Joinery Techniques

Bamboo Joints and Joinery Techniques

Basic Principles and Techniques How to join bamboo and what are the best bamboo joints? Well first of, it is important to know a few basics principles about joining bamboo before discussing the different joinery techniques. So here goes… Do not use green, fresh...
Construction Techniques: 7 Innovative Ways to Build With Bamboo

Construction Techniques: 7 Innovative Ways to Build With Bamboo

Bamboo has long been used in architecture, but in more recent years, it has been increasingly used to supplement other materials. Bamboo may be used during construction, or as an ornamental element on a building’s facade. Few works of contemporary architecture use...
Sustainable Solutions: Building with Bamboo

Sustainable Solutions: Building with Bamboo

In the past, bamboo was an inexpensive option for designing fences, shacks, and scaffolding. But when Bali Green School founders (John and Cynthia Hardy) were able to treat bamboo for better functionality, builders began to realise that bamboo is an excellent solution...
20 Reasons the Bamboo is Important to Life

20 Reasons the Bamboo is Important to Life

Bamboo, it comes in different species, from the lanky bikal to the giant  kiling; it comes in many fancy types too, like those in these photos. Dr Anselmo S Cabigan and the author long time friends and co-workers in government and academe respectively, examine two...
A few uses for bamboo and its importance in the Philippines

A few uses for bamboo and its importance in the Philippines

In my last blog, I was able to provide you a very short insight into Philippine’s bamboo species including the most common native types of bamboos such as clumping bamboos, bamboo’s maintenance, and propagation.I also highlighted that bamboos plays a major role in...