Building with Bamboo

i_kabir · 07-28-2014, 02:09 PM

Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly discovered by architects of the Northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, highly elastic and ductile, and in addition offers qualities especially in demand in an era of limited resources, renewability and abundant availability. Architects and engineers have significantly widened the applications of bamboo in recent years and today even wide-span bridges can be built from it. Impressed with its technical and aesthetic possibilities, European, Japanese and North American architects have adopted bamboo for a variety of construction tasks, ranging from exclusive private residences to experimental pavilions, and from airy canopies to schools or museums. The book provides a detailed manual for bamboo constructions and presents a broad selection of built examples, among them the spectacular bamboo pavilions of the 2010 Shanghai World Exposition, a parking garage in Leipzig, Germany, the Nomadic Museum in Mexico City and Richard Rogers’ Terminal 4 at Madrid Airport.

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**oanm2000** · 07-28-2014, 03:50 PM

Dera i-Kabir:
No only if I am, or are versions of Adobe or WinRar I have, but none of the links I decompress can be opened to verify the integrity of the document.
Thanks in advance

i_kabir · 07-28-2014, 06:22 PM

Dear oanm2000
I have downloaded one of my above link (mediafire) and uzip it. so far, its ok. but when i tried to open it iwith acrobat 9 (in another PC i m currently using) it shows error.

However my OS is windows 8.1 and default "Reader" program can open the file smoothly. i found that it can also be viewed by Mozilla firefox (just drag and drop the pdf file on a blank page of firefox or right click the file then Open with > Firefox). Finally i installed Foxit reader & that can also open the file smoothly.