Bamboo has been used for thousands of years by many cultures around the world. Today we see a boom of innovative bamboo products and applications as a sustainable alternative for wood. Read on and discover some of the coolest bamboo products you probably didn’t even know they existed! What products are made from bamboo? It’s […]
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Guadua angustifolia ‘Kunth’ is a tropical species of giant timber bamboo native to South America. It is considered to be the strongest bamboo in the world, and also the 3rd largest. Guadua bamboo is by far the most important bamboo in America.
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Chusquea gigantea, previously listed as Chusquea aff. culeou or Chusquea breviglumis, is a South American bamboo native to Chile. The species is considered to be the largest, and one of the hardiest within the Chusquea genus. It is a beautiful evergreen, open clump-forming bamboo, that can grow quite tall, although staying slightly smaller in temperate
Thyrsostachys siamensis also known as Monastery Bamboo, Thai Bamboo or Umbrella Bamboo is a tropical species of medium sized timber bamboo native to China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Phyllostachys edulis, commonly known as Moso Bamboo, is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China and Taiwan. It is the largest temperate bamboo on earth and the most economically important bamboo in China. Different names have been applied to this species in the past, of which the most often used names were Phyllostachys pubescens and Phyllostachys
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Gigantochloa apus, also known as Tali Bamboo, String Bamboo or Pring Tali, is a dense tropical clumping bamboo native to Southeast Asia. It is the most economically important bamboo in Java, especially in the handicraft and furniture industry. Culms Strongly tufted woody bamboo with erect drooping culms that can reach between 8-22 m in height.
In 2017, Guadua Bamboo SAS collaborated with the specialist team now operating as Masters of Bamboo to supply the structural backbone for the Mobile Bamboo Theatre in the Netherlands. Commissioned by the Dutch foundation Stichting Kunstklank, the project was designed by Studio Akkerhuis and engineered by Tentech. This modular project remains a pioneering benchmark for bio-based construction and high-efficiency logistics. While the grandstand utilized Tonkin
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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.
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Gigantochloa atroviolacea, also known as Java Black Bamboo or Tropical Black Bamboo, is a dense tropical clumping bamboo native to Java, Indonesia. This bamboo species prefers to grow in dry areas where the purplish black color of its culms becomes more prominent.
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Without any protective treatment, most bamboo species have an average natural durability of less than 2 years. Stored under cover, untreated bamboo may last 4-7 years.
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Contrary to what many believe, bamboo doesn’t originate from Asian countries alone, it is also abundant and native in America. In fact the world’s strongest bamboo is American.
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For centuries bamboo has been used in everyday life and in many different cultures throughout the world. A gigantic and extraordinary type, known as Guadua angustifolia ‘Kunth’, is considered one of the best bamboo species for commercial farming. In 1822, the German botanist Kunth described Guadua as a genus segregated from the Asian one, Bambusa. Kunth used
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