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<p>This highly illustrated text brings together two areas which have both grown in popularity in recent years: gridshells and bamboo. </p><p>Bamboo is a fast-growing naturally available renewable resource which is quite strong and lends itself to structural applications. In this unique text David Rockwood demonstrates the viability of bamboo as a building material and considers the advantages – as well as the challenges – of working with bamboo. Its properties workability connections assembly erection processes structural behavior and final use are explored in detail through a series of design-build experiments and case studies from Hawai’i and Vietnam. </p><p>The only book available on the subject <i>Bamboo Gridshells</i> provides a comprehensive introduction to this emerging technology which will be of interest to anyone working in the areas of sustainable or environmental design ecological construction low technology strategies or alternative materials.</p>