Bamboo Contemporary: Green Houses Around the Globe
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Bamboo Contemporary: Green Houses Around the Globe
By (Author) William Richards
Foreword by John Hardy
Princeton Architectural Press
Princeton Architectural Press
12th May 2022
12th May 2022
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Architecture: residential and domestic buildings
720.47
Physical Properties
Hardback
361
Width 229mm, Height 305mm
Description
In this globetrotting tour of seventeen houses, discover how bamboo, one of the most sustainable building materials on the planet, can be used in ingenious ways in residential design. Bamboo is a perennial grass that grows rapidly and rivals steel, concrete, and wood in strength. Bamboo Contemporary shows the many ways this incredible material can be used to build sustainably. Featuring locales from China to the Czech Republic and the United States, the survey includes homes built entirely from bamboo as well as building projects and renovations that use bamboo as the primary component. Fascinating descriptions, documentary photography, and architectural drawings will appeal to aspirational lifestyle readers interested in sustainability and natural materials as well as design professionals.
Reviews
"Bamboo Contemporary is a gorgeous look at 14 custom-built and renovated homes in the United States, Norway, France, Czech Republic and six other countries that use bamboo as their primary component. And you thought bamboo homes were only in Hawaii."
- Akron Beacon Journal
"An insightful and forward-looking consideration of the architects working toward a more environmentally conscious future."
- Colossal
"Richards presents a beautiful book that showcases 14 bamboo-construction houses across the globe, from Indonesia to Brazil....Unique ideals and gorgeous photography abound in this beautifully produced book."
- Library Journal
Author Bio
William Richards, a writer and architectural historian based in Washington, D.C., is the author of Revolt and Reform in Architecture's Academy: Urban Renewal, Race, and the Rise of Design in the Public Interest, and his work has appeared in Architect, Architectural Record, Landscape Architecture, Old House Journal. John Hardy is a jewelry designer and advocate of bamboo construction who cofounded the Green School, an international school that occupies an all-bamboo campus in Bali.
