Guadua Bamboo Car Park Amsterdam
This impressive Guadua Bamboo Car Park at the Slotervaart Medical Center in Amsterdam is the second of its kind but the largest that has been built up until now. The multi-storey car park has 5 levels, a total surface area of 3200 m2 and can currently accommodate nearly 1200 cars. In coming years the project will be further expanded with additional and similar structures.
Parque Natural Regional El Vínculo, Colombia
Parque Natural Regional El Vínculo is with its 80 hectares the largest ecological reserve of dry tropical forest in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia. The park has a small collection of 27 tropical bamboos and a beautiful Guadua Bamboo structure (which was built 20 years ago) overseeing more than 225,000 hectares of sugar cane plantations .
Bamboo Structure for Trapeze Act CirkVOST BoO
The French aerial acrobats of CirkVOST BoO are seriously awesome. About a dozen of them fly through the air in a unique 15m high open air bamboo structure. CirkVOST is one of the leading circus companies in the world.
Bamboo Parking Garage The Hague
The Guadua Bamboo Parking Garage in the Hague is the first of several upcoming projects in The Netherlands. With 7 levels it can provide parking space for around 250 vehicles. The entire facade is covered with Guadua angustifolia poles imported from Colombia.
Bamboo Treehouse in Colombia
This Guadua bamboo treehouse by Colombian Architect Jaime Peña is the result of a simple bamboo dollhouse inquiry that got way, way out of hand...
Mechanical Properties of Bamboo
What are the mechanical properties of bamboo? It is usually the first question European or American architects, engineers and builders ask us when they are considering bamboo for their next project.
PANACA Agricultural Theme Park
PANACA is a farming theme park in Costa Rica. Apart from the nearly 2,000 animals living on the farm, it also features some spectacular bamboo architecture.
Bamboo House Playa Sombrero
This beautiful Guadua bamboo house in Costa Rica, is located near Playa Sombrero at the Osa Peninsula. The bamboo house was designed and built by Costa Rican architect Mariela Garcia and her husband Steve Jurries.
Guadua Bamboo House San Jeronimo
This stunning bamboo house was designed and build by Martin Coto and is located in the small town of San Jeronimo, Moravia, Costa Rica. Martin is an expert bamboo designer and builder with over 30 years experience on a national and international level.
The Reality about Building with Bamboo
What does it cost to build a bamboo house? This is the million dollar question everybody likes to have a clean cut answer too. But, make no mistake, building with bamboo requires resources!
Guadua Bamboo Pavilion Nicaragua
Guadua Bamboo and architect Donald Ricci collaborated on building this custom bamboo structure in Managua, Nicaragua in 2010. The bamboo structure is suited for diverse recreational activities as well as cultural and educational programs.
Timarai Bamboo Beach Resort
Timarai Bamboo Beach Resort in Costa Rica (was) a great example of green architecture. The use of 100% eco friendly building materials and the adaptation to its natural surroundings (not the other way around) made this bamboo construction project a unique reference point in the region.
Advantages of Building with Bamboo
The main advantages of building with bamboo is that it is a wonderful, natural and renewable resource, capable of rapid growth that can avoid future deforestation of our precious tropical rainforests.