Bamboo Style. Exteriors Interiors Detail

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Taschen
Publisher Place: Germany
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 191 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Besides feeding pandas and making a yummy addition to many Asian dishes, bamboo is also used as a building material, both functional and decorative. The dried stems are extremely sturdy and lend themselves to a multitude of uses. Shigeru Ban, for example, found a way to create lumber from laminated woven bamboo for a house he designed in Beijing. Other houses show off bamboo in more straightforward ways, lining the ceilings or floors with stems, or even forming walls. Bamboo is also used to construct furniture, lending a chair or a bed a warm, earthy feeling. This unique look book captures the many uses of bamboo in houses throughout China, Japan, and Indonesia.

ISBN: 9783822849675