The story of bamboo: its species, its culture, its role in sustainable building and the people moving the material forward. Start here to understand why bamboo matters before you build with it. When you are ready to work with it directly, the 11-Day Bamboo Build and Design Course is the hands-on next step.
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The 11-Day Build & Design Course
In collaboration with IBUKU
Immersed in the most beautiful and innovative bamboo environment. Meet the pioneers, the visionaries, the designers and builders who took this under-utilized material and transformed it into the most desired natural building material for bamboo structure design.
The Intro to Bamboo Engineering Online Course
Designed specially for structural engineers, this FREE online course has been created in collaboration with the Base Bahay Foundation, based in the Philippines.Join the course to learn how bamboo's innate properties make it a versatile building material, and how these properties can be maximized and applied in structural design.