Built from a simple bamboo structure, these one-room homes provide a new blueprint for resilient disaster housing.

While bamboo has been used in construction in Asia for thousands of years, it’s starting to catch on in sustainable housing development in parts of the United States and other places in the world.

NAIROBI — While ceramic crockery and polycarbonate cutlery are commonly used in Kenya, eco-friendly Chinese-inspired bamboo products are gradually making their way into more homes in the country. The ...

Inhabitat’s Prefab Friday column has seen its fair share of shipping container homes, but we’ve never seen shipping containers paired with bamboo as a construction material before. But now, Bamboo ...

When Rosalie Sennett moved into her Jackson Square townhouse more than 10 years ago, she inherited a tiny rooftop courtyard surrounded by buildings. The courtyard was one big lump of concrete, she ...

Wearing rubber gloves to protect their hands, their bodies glistening with sweat under a blazing sun, bamboo workers nimbly go about building another Chiu Chow opera house in Wong Tai Sin. The team ...

Edmond Machoki is pictured at his stand with bamboo products at an exhibition in Nyeri County, central Kenya, Sept. 13, 2024. (Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua) While ceramic crockery and polycarbonate ...

This micro-housing system designed for the cramped city of Hong Kong, where housing is expensive and difficult to find downtown, sets up entire neighborhoods within former industrial buildings. With ...

This organization is taking aim at Britons' affection for traditional styles of architecture by commissioning architects to create unusual modern holiday rental homes in England. Its creative director ...