The oldest region in Bali is now home to a unique and unforgettable Airbnb rental: Hideout Bali. Created by Czech couple Ali and Jarmil as a green antidote to stressful city living, this delightful retreat offers adventurous travelers the opportunity to disconnect from reality and reconnect with…
Bamboo Homes
Bamboo Homes for flood affected Areas | An Affordable and Sustainable solution
Floods in many parts of India is an annual natural calamity which often results in millions losing not only their worldly possessions but also their homes when the water level rises. Green Gold Bamboo is happy to publish an idea sent across by a young Student of Class XII – Reeha Das from S…
Inle Heritage in Myanmar leverages Bamboo as a building material to reimagine school architecture
The Inle Region is located on the western edge of the Shan plateau in eastern Myanmar. It stretches from the mountain tea plantations around Pindaya to Samkar at the southern end of the lake; the gateway to Kayah State. On a four-acre plot of land in Chaung Sauk village, surrounded by the Shan hi…
IBUKU – Bali’s Inspiring Bamboo Story
During a sailing trip in Indonesia on a traditional fishing boat, an Irish designer Linda Garland was amazed by the size of a giant bamboo outrigger. She asked the fishermen to take her to the place where it grew. This was the beginning of a journey that led her to start the Environmental Bamboo …
Amazing green gold architecture: bamboo courtyard tea house by Chinese architects HWCD associates
Situated in the ShiQiao garden in Yangzhou, a city to the northwest of Shanghai, the tea house is organized in asymmetric cubes and floats on a lake. Made of sustainable building materials Bamboo & bricks, the Bamboo Courtyard provides the adequate setting to a tea experience with a very uniq…
Modern & classy bamboo home furniture Ideas – the way to green living and a better tomorrow!
Along with decorative home living products, Bamboo home furniture is a growing craze and is extensively found in hotels, restaurants and modern homes. They are uniquely attractive, strong, resilient, moisture and stain resistant and environmentally friendly. Furniture concepts utilizing bamboo is…
Bamboo Home Décor items – Love it. Live it!
It’s time has come… From a ‘poor man’s timber’, bamboo is fast emerging as a ‘green gold’. Markets around the world are fast adopting bamboo as alternative to wood for home décor items. Most of them are hand crafted and not mass produced so each piece is as unique as you and your home…
Fighting typhoons and storms with bamboo homes in Philippines
Philippines has some of the poorest people in the world whose troubles are compounded by typhoons and floods. A global architectural design contest formed by a partnership of the Quezon City government, Climate Change Commission, MyShelter Foundation, United Architects of the Philippines, and Ph…