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Cross laminated bamboo panels (G-XLam), a feasible alternative for low-rise buildings in Europe.

Following up from our post featuring the benefits of using Engineered bamboo products (EBPs) and the last progress on product development...

Densified + Engineered Structural Bamboo

Amphibia BASE Ltd (UK) has devised innovative Bamboo densification technologies that convert the typically awkward cylindrical shape of bamb

Environmental and structural benefits of using Engineered bamboo products (EBPs)

Bamboo can be engineered to form products with improved and/or standardised mechanical, physical and aesthetic properties. As in the case...

How can it be so simple? Bamboo and steel make a great terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport.

Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport, which opened 10 years ago (2006), represents a wonderful reinvention of the modern terminal...

Engineered bamboo used for flooring and furniture at FAO's Philippines conference room.

Philippines Rom - FAO, © FAO-Giuseppe Carotenuto (https://flic.kr/p/eQZocC) The use of engineered bamboo as a suitable CO2 neutral...

Mechanical testing of small specimens of bamboo.

Cross laminated Guadua-bamboo panels testing.

Mechanical tests undertaken by Dr Hector Archila on large cross laminated Guadua-bamboo panels at the University of Bath using the...

Testing of engineered bamboo panels using state-of-the-art testing techniques.

Mechanical testing was undertaken on small sections of cross laminated Guadua-bamboo panels at the University of Bath. Digital Image...

Promoting bamboo as a construction material. Researcher Links.

Video by the British Council showcasing the collaboration between British and Colombian researchers led by University of Bath (UK) and...

Bamboo lodge design and construction - Bohio, Villa Angelines

Guadua Angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) is a tropical species of bamboo endemic to South and Central America and widely used as a mainstream...

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Cross laminated bamboo panels (G-XLam), a feasible alternative for low-rise buildings in Europe.

Densified + Engineered Structural Bamboo

Environmental and structural benefits of using Engineered bamboo products (EBPs)

How can it be so simple? Bamboo and steel make a great terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport.

Engineered bamboo used for flooring and furniture at FAO's Philippines conference room.

Mechanical testing of small specimens of bamboo.

Cross laminated Guadua-bamboo panels testing.

Testing of engineered bamboo panels using state-of-the-art testing techniques.

Promoting bamboo as a construction material. Researcher Links.

Bamboo lodge design and construction - Bohio, Villa Angelines

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Cross laminated bamboo panels (G-XLam), a feasible alternative for low-rise buildings in Europe.

Densified + Engineered Structural Bamboo

Environmental and structural benefits of using Engineered bamboo products (EBPs)

How can it be so simple? Bamboo and steel make a great terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport.

Engineered bamboo used for flooring and furniture at FAO's Philippines conference room.

Promoting bamboo as a construction material. Researcher Links.

Bamboo lodge design and construction - Bohio, Villa Angelines

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Cross laminated bamboo panels (G-XLam), a feasible alternative for low-rise buildings in Europe.

Densified + Engineered Structural Bamboo

Environmental and structural benefits of using Engineered bamboo products (EBPs)

How can it be so simple? Bamboo and steel make a great terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport.

Engineered bamboo used for flooring and furniture at FAO's Philippines conference room.

Mechanical testing of small specimens of bamboo.

Cross laminated Guadua-bamboo panels testing.

Testing of engineered bamboo panels using state-of-the-art testing techniques.

Promoting bamboo as a construction material. Researcher Links.

Bamboo lodge design and construction - Bohio, Villa Angelines

Cross laminated bamboo panels (G-XLam), a feasible alternative for low-rise buildings in Europe.

Densified + Engineered Structural Bamboo

Environmental and structural benefits of using Engineered bamboo products (EBPs)

How can it be so simple? Bamboo and steel make a great terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport.

Engineered bamboo used for flooring and furniture at FAO's Philippines conference room.

Mechanical testing of small specimens of bamboo.

Cross laminated Guadua-bamboo panels testing.

Testing of engineered bamboo panels using state-of-the-art testing techniques.

Promoting bamboo as a construction material. Researcher Links.

Bamboo lodge design and construction - Bohio, Villa Angelines

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Cross laminated bamboo panels (G-XLam), a feasible alternative for low-rise buildings in Europe.

Densified + Engineered Structural Bamboo

Environmental and structural benefits of using Engineered bamboo products (EBPs)

How can it be so simple? Bamboo and steel make a great terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport.

Engineered bamboo used for flooring and furniture at FAO's Philippines conference room.

Promoting bamboo as a construction material. Researcher Links.

Bamboo lodge design and construction - Bohio, Villa Angelines

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