The federal government says it is embarking on building affordable and durable smart houses for low and medium income earners across the country using only bamboo plants. FG said bamboo with other ...

Many Nigerians may have scoffed, not without reason, at the idea by the Federal Government to use bamboo plants to build affordable, durable, and smart houses for low- and middle-income earners across ...

In the heart of Mandalay, Burma, a small cluster of bamboo houses has become a symbol of resilience. When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground around them ...

Scientists at the University of Bristol have successfully used screws as connectors in bamboo without splitting the material. The study, recently published in the journal Construction and Building ...

The use of local materials in architecture is becoming more and more important as there is a growing need to find new, sustainable construction methods that can help address the current climate crisis ...