Schools, Airports, High-Rise Towers: Architects Urged To Get 'Bamboo-Ready'

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An anonymous reader shares a report: An airport made of bamboo? A tower reaching 20 metres high? For many years, bamboo has been mostly known as the favourite food of giant pandas, but a group of engineers say it's time we took it seriously as a building material, too. This week the Institution of Structural…

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