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, ...

Standard housing can bury us in bills and debt, it keeps us stuck in one place and is often far from what our ideal image would look like. For some folks, it’s even worse because it can literally make ...

Located in Shenzhen, China, the If Factory utilizes a sustainable design that transforms an old and disused factory into a creative mix of office spaces. While the heart of the building contains a ...

The Green School in Bali is known for its finely tuned programme that follows children from early years through to secondary education, infused with a focus on creativity, the arts and ecological ...

French motorcycle helmet Brand Roof has outdone themselves with this one. Just as pillowcases have gone from cotton to bamboo, our good helmet industry is seeing a similar turn of events – though ...

The New York Times tells us that the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently bursting forth with a beautiful new installation made completely out of bamboo. Designed by identical twin ...

Text description provided by the architects. The location of this project is very special — the roof of a huge shopping mall. Our client wants to build a small building here for recreation and ...