Architect Shigeru Ban builds churches, houses and pavilions out of paper and bamboo. These are traditional materials of Japanese architecture, but they are anomalous in the modern world of concrete, ...

Around 130km southwest of Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, sits Cuc Phuong National Park. As Vietnam’s oldest national park – consecrated by Ho Chi Minh in 1962 – Cuc Phuong accommodates timeworn limestone ...

Taking the form of an oversized sea creature on a beach in the Maldives, the recently completed Overwater Restaurant, by Atelier Nomadic, certainly cuts a distinctive figure. The project offers a ...

Back in 2017, Chiangmai Life Architects skilfully used bamboo to create a breezy sports hall at the Panyaden International School in Thailand. The firm has now returned to the same school to add an ...

Near the village of HengKeng in China’s Fujian province, there’s a bamboo forest with an open-air theatre, also made of bamboo. The twist, however, is that no bamboo was actually cut to build the ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters Life!) - A Bangladeshi school built from clay-mud and bamboo by its pupils and teachers shared in the world's richest architecture prize on Tuesday. It was among nine projects ...

Buildings made shaggy with vegetation or fragrant with wood are no longer novelties. By Stephen Wallis This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, ...

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Humid environments present some of the most complex challenges in architectural design. From the tropical monsoon season of Southeast Asia to the equatorial heat of Central Africa, these environments ...

ZHANGZHOU, FUJIAN, CHINA, January 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Bamboo has long been favored by professionals seeking ...