Schools, airports, high-rise towers: architects urged to get ‘bamboo-ready’

via theguardian.com

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Manual for building design aims to encourage low-carbon construction as alternative to steel and concrete An airport made of bamboo? A tower reaching 20 metres high? For many years, bamboo has been mostly known as the favourite food of giant pandas, but a group of engineers say it’s time we took it seriously as a […]

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