Bamboo Architecture: In Competition and Exhibition [Paperback]

Robert Henrikson (Author), David Greenberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2011

Fascinating bamboo buildings and architectural designs from around the world from the International Bamboo Building Design Competition, the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and several other competitions and exhibitions. Architects and designers from 64 countries submitted 250 designs in 12 building categories such as family houses, urban buildings, emergency shelters, commercial and public buildings, pavilions, and even tree houses. The buildings and designs use bamboo and other natural building materials, and range from modest to majestic, commercial to humanitarian, and practical to fanciful. The results are truly exciting and innovative, providing a fresh outlook for the possibilities for using bamboo to build a new green world. At the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, great architects showcased bamboo in eight remarkable pavilions, demonstrating the contribution bamboo can play in a better life.

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About the Author

Robert Henrikson was the creator and director of the International Bamboo Building Design Competition (BambooCompetition.com), and the former CEO of a leading company building certified, code-approved bamboo buildings. Robert has been a green business entrepreneur for over 30 years in sustainable development business models for algae, bamboo and natural resources. He is an Algae Alliance consultant on business development, branding, sales and marketing, advising companies and investors in algae ventures. (AlgaeAlliance.com). In 2011 he launched the International Algae Competition (AlgaeCompetition.com): A Global Challenge to Design Visionary Algae Food and Energy Systems. He authored the book “Spirulina World Food” in 2010, previously “Earth Food Spirulina”, translated into 6 international editions. (SpirulinaSource.com). Robert is a photographer (Panmagic.com) and documentary filmmaker, and produced the DVD series Folding Time and Space at Burning Man (Folding-Time.com). Co-Owner of Hana Gardenland, a botanical paradise retreat in Hana Maui (HanaPalmsRetreat.com) and Wild Thyme Farm, a sustainable forestry and permaculture farming eco-community near Olympia Washington. (WildThymeFarm.com). - David Greenberg is trained as an architect and urban designer. He spends half his time in Maui and half in China in pursuit of Sustainable Ruralism, an integrated approach to helping rural culture in an ecological way. He is associated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ecological and Environmental Division as a board member of Intecopolis and gives lectures throughout major Chinese cities on ecological matters. He has spent the last few years working in Shenzhen consulting with a nationwide think tank, China Development Institute (CDI), and the local government on ecological development. As a consultant on designing with bamboo for INBAR he has lectured world wide, created exhibits and promoted creativity with bamboo on four continents in the belief that it is one of the important paths for a low carbon future. For over 10 years, much of his practice has involved eco-tourism projects. Greenberg is most famous for some of his treehouse designs especially “The Big Beach in the Sky” at the Nanshan Buddhist Culture Zone near Sanya on Hainan Island. He authored the book “Treehouses in Paradise- fantasy designs for the 21st Century”, an Abrams book. He loves to think of himself first and foremost as a 21st Century Renaissance man with a bamboo staff.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (May 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1453854967
• ISBN-13: 978-1453854969
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert has been a green business entrepreneur for over 30 years in sustainable businesses for algae, bamboo and natural resources.
Robert was the creator and director of the International Bamboo Building Design Competition (BambooCompetition.com). He is co-author of the book "Bamboo Architecture in Competition and Exhibition" in 2011 (BambooSun.com).
He authored the book "Spirulina World Food" in 2010, previously "Earth Food Spirulina", translated into 6 international editions. (SpirulinaSource.com). In 2011 he launched the International Algae Competition (AlgaeCompetition.com): A Global Challenge to Design Visionary Algae Food and Energy Systems.
He is currently an Algae Alliance consultant on business development, branding, sales and marketing, advising companies and investors in algae ventures. (AlgaeAlliance.com).
Robert is a photographer (Panmagic.com) and documentary filmmaker, and produced the DVD series Folding Time and Space at Burning Man (Folding-Time.com). Co-Owner of Hana Gardenland, a botanical paradise retreat in Hana Maui (HanaPalmsRetreat.com) and Wild Thyme Farm, a sustainable forestry and permaculture farming eco-community near Olympia Washington. (WildThymeFarm.com).