Bamboo Villa: Live in the Nature
Longmen, Guangdong, China – C&C DESIGN CO., LTD. Built Area: 1248.0 m2 Year Built: 2013 The Bamboo Villa sits hidden within the Nakun Mountains. It is surrounded by a lush forest with a delicate stream nearby. The design focuses on the use of bamboo as the principal material. The architects avoided using concrete […]
Crosswaters Ecolodge
Guangdong Province, S. China – Hitesh Mehta Design Project Year : 2003 Area : 2,500 hectares In the heart of China’s Nankum Mountain Reserve stands Crosswaters, an ecolodge and wellness center. With 53 rooms, this is a stunning retreat meant for peace and quiet. The ecolodge has […]
House 01 – Award Winning Sustainability
Santa Catarina, Brazil – ES Arquitetura Project Year: 2017 Developed Area: 1,421.49 m2 (15,352.09 ft2) Photographs: SLAphotostudio Nestled between nature and a residential area, the owners wanted this house to offer privacy and climatic comfort while promoting a low environmental impact. The plan includes multiple internal and external courtyards and decks. These allow privacy while […]
Sharma Springs
Bali, Indonesia – IBUKU Project Year: 2012 Area: 750.0 m2 Photography: Errol Vaes, Rio Helmi A jungle fantasy escape! The Sharma Springs – built for the Sharma family – is located in Green Village, Bali overlooking the serene community and the sacred Ayung River valley. The site is definitely perfect for a stress-free and nature-oriented vacation, but the features of […]
The Yoga Pavilion at Four Seasons
Sayan, Bali, Indonesia – IBUKU Client: Four Seasons Completed: April 2015 Area: 60.0 m2 If yoga is your ‘thing’, we may have found your Nirvana. You can find this marvelous yoga pavilion called Dharma Shanti Yoga Bale in a beautiful valley in Sayan, Bali, Indonesia. Built using only locally grown bamboo and with a roof resembling a leaf, the […]
Forest for a Moon Dazzler
Guanacaste, Costa Rica – Ben Gracia Saxe Built: 2010 Bamboo is an extraordinarily versatile material. It’s strong, flexible, lightweight, totally renewable and, potentially very long lasting even when in ground. The home shown here uses bamboo in both conventional and very unconventional ways. It’s a home ideally suited to it’s hot, humid locale – open and […]
The Green Village
Bali, Indonesia – PT Bambu Built area: 18,700 m2 (201,285 sq. ft) Year built: 2010 Photography: Courtesy of Bambu Indah Collection The infinite joy of bamboo Some time back we showed you the magnificent Green School of Bali. Using totally sustainable materials and practices, Elora Hardy and her team built, what must surely be, every child’s […]
The Green School of Bali
Bali, Indonesia – John and Cynthia Hardy Builders: PT Bambu Rainforests continue to disappear at an alarming rate. Environmentalists and designers, John and Cynthia Hardy have experienced the loss and degradation first hand in their adopted home, Bali. The Hardys wanted to motivate communities to live sustainably, thereby protecting those forests. Building sustainably with bamboo is a key part […]
Bamboo Brilliance – Wind and Water Cafe
Vietnam – Vo Trong Nghia Vietnam has a long tradition of bamboo construction. When local architects, Vo Trong Nghia were briefed to design a bar come meeting place, bamboo seemed a natural candidate. The Water and Wind Café in the southern province of Binh Duong subsequently won Nghia the 2007 International Architecture Award (IAA). Since then […]
A Child’s Paradise
Koh Kood Thailand – 24H Architecture It’s not a home – but it could be. It’s an activity centre for children who’s parents have invested in a vacation at the fabulous (and very expensive) Soneva Kiri Resort. We featured the resort on our Facebook page about a month ago but held this treat back as […]