Bamboo is ideally suited to tropical architecture. Its abundance in tropical, subtropical and temperate climates and its rapid growth cycle makes bamboo the most sustainable natural building resource on the planet.

Used as shelter since time immemorial, over one billion people currently live in bamboo houses. Its incredible strength, coupled with intelligent design makes it the perfect solution to tomorrow's housing needs.

 

Cacao Trails, a Botanical Garden in Costa Rica Oct.2004 [more] Prototype for a Woven Bamboo house [more] MetaFlora.org, an office space for the tropics, under construction [more]