This cluster of global bamboo architecture proves that using this sustainable material is not only easy on the environment, but also on our eyes. In fact, much of this bamboo architecture is downright beautiful, not to mention innovative. Scroll through the slideshow to see everything from a school made of bamboo to a bamboo healing resort in Bali.
Implications - Innovations in design can occur in a range of areas, from structure to color; however, the most recent development in design places emphasis on chosen mediums and materials. The use of bamboo in architecture is a great example, providing structures with a lighter, more refreshing aesthetic than their brick predecessors.
22 Bamboo Architecture Pieces

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Miniature Urban Abodes
A Prefab 'MEKA ALP320' Home has Been Plunked in Downtown NYC

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Suspended Backyard Sanctuaries
The Tea House by David Jameson Achieves Built Balance

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Celestial Workspaces
The Contemporary Zen Union Swiss Office Interior by Inhouse Brand Architects
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Earthy Green Houses
The Suoi Re Village Community House is at Home With the Environment
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Eggy Treetecture
The Baumraum Treehouses are an Upgrade from Childhood
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Sustainable Lakeside Cottages
The Omena House by Danny Forster Will Attain LEED Gold Status
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Motherly Love Architecture
Benjamin Garcia Saxe Builds Bamboo Haven for his Mama
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Bamboo Screen Walls
Karawitz Architecture's Modern French Passivhaus Design
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Sustainable Noodle Huts
The Japanese Noodle Restaurant is an Eco Architectural Stunner
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Origami Exo Homes
Foldable Bamboo Green Huts
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Eco Educational Facilities
The Green School in Bali is Powered Entirely by Clean Sources
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Fenced-In Homes
The Bamboo House has a Natural Forest Facade
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Urban Bamboo Shelters
The Bug Dome by WEAK! Architects
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Literature Tribute Architecture
Knut Hamsun Center Pays Homage to the Norwegian Writer
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Ribbon-Like Amphitheatres
The Urban Oasis Pavilion is a Sustainable Structure Made from Bamboo
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Architectural Eco Acoustics
Bamboo Skewer Ceilings at "The Tides"
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Elastic Band Buildings
The Mason Lane Farm Secures Sustainability With Eco-Friendly Structure
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Eco Check-In
Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport
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Sea Creature Architecture
The Soneva Kiri Resort Den is Inspired by the Manta Ray
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Chocolate Chipchitecture
The Bamboo Dome Helps Flood-Stricken Areas
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Disappearing Buildings
The Nomadic Museum
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Bamboo-Focused Luxury Fashion Exhibitions
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Origami-Inspired Sleek Cabins
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Self-Shaping Timber Structures
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Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Wooden Pillar Japanese Cafes
Schemata Architects Completes the Blue Bottle Coffee Cafe Design
Eco-Friendly Offices
Office@27 by Sanjay Puri Architects is Enhanced by Ancient Indian Principles
Sustainable Airport Terminal Designs
This Lush Green Terminal is Powered By Renewable Energy
Treehouse-Inspired Norwegian Residences
This House Aesthetically Connects With its Surroundings
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Infinity Loop-Shaped Museums
Aedas Completed the Design of the Yohoo Museum in Hangzhou
Reimagined Ecclesiastical Architecture
The Ørestad Church Was Designed by Henning Larsen
Modern Office Buildings
Kinzo Designs Das Max for the Insurance Company Münchner Verein
Eco-Friendly Luxury Villas
Kengo Kuma Designs the Land Villas for Red Sea Global
Bendable Bio-Inspired Materials
The HygroShell is a Self-Constructing Timber Building System
Dynamic Installation Science Museums
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H-Shaped Structural Mountain Homes
Studio B Architecture + Interiors Designs the Villa H
Japanese Technique Paneled Pavilions
Lanza Atelier Creates the Shou Sugi Ban in Mexico
Modern Chair Designs
TAKT and Industrial Facility Introduce the Bow Chair
Bamboo-Centric Furniture Capsules
Roche Bobois and Jiang Qiong Er Join on the Bamboo Mood Series
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Light-Inviting Renovated Apartments
Estúdio BRA Reconfigures the Copan Apartment in Brazil
Futuristic Hospital Designs
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Designs Jawaher Boston Medical District
Exoskeleton Stepped-Back Skyscrapers
Foster + Partners Constructed the BDO Unibank Inc Towers
Black-Timber Stealthy Pavilions
Aptdotapt Designs the Drop-Stop Pavilion in the Mountains
Ever-Changing Japanese Houses
CHOP+ARCHI Designs the Kumagaya House Nodding to Japanese Dynamics
Vegan Leather Iconic Chairs
Herman Miller Presents it Lounge Chairs with a Vegan Construction
3D-Printed Ceramic Home Facades
The Ceramic House in Amsterdam Gets a Ceramic Feature
Timber Modern Porch Pavilions
A Team of Designers Curate Porch: An Architecture of Generosity
Bamboo-Based Dome Pavilions
Shigeru Ban Used Cardboard Tubes to Create the Blue Ocean Dome
Colorful Rooftop Unified Buildings
Urbanus' Nantou Hybrid Building is Comprised of Five Buildings
Cozy Naturalistic Panama Bakeries
Mallol Arquitectos Has Launched a New Sustainable Panama Bakery
Insulated Timber Sports Facilities
Localarchitecture Completes the Daillens Sports Facility
Architecture-Inspired Furniture Capsules
SeungBum Ma Designs the Form-Functional Archi-Furniture
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Modern Office Environments
The MOL Campus Project Was Designed by Architecture Firm Kinzo
Planted Balcony Home Designs
4site Architects Designs the House of Greens in Bangalore
Eco-Conscious Slim Skyscrapers
Muraba and RCR Arquitectes Join to Design the Muraba Veil
Sweeping Culture Centers
Zaha Hadid Architects Presents the River Culture and Art Centre
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Sustainable Bamboo-Crafted Drones
Deepak Dadheech Designs the Eco-Friendly Bamboo Drone
Trio Cuboid Music Buildings
SANAA Designs a Building for the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building
Steel Facade-Wrapped Residences
Atelier Itch Designs the Bomun House with a Shiny Facade
Braided Furniture Collections
The Ariake Braid Collection Brings Together Two Design Traditions
3D-Printed Sustainable Home Designs
HONOKA LAB Presents the TATAMI ReFAB PROJECT
Hempcrete Garden Office Studios
Van Laethem Architecten Creates the New Garden Office
Contemporary Rental Housing Series
EC3 Designs the Canopy Series of Buildings in Detroit
Elevated Timber-Clad Homes
Habitable Form Designs the Victory Bay House on Kiawah Island
Wooden Screen Stacked Houses
DB Arquitectors Designs the Casa VJC Iporanga In Brazil
Viewing Box Cultural Centers
The Center for Arts & Innovation Hosts Events and Education Spaces
Sea-Facing Mass-Timber Houses
Architecture Discipline Designed the Vagator Residence in India
Bamboo-Clad Residential Homes
i29 Designs the Open Park Villa to Connect with Nature
Sustainable Visitor Pavilions
NU Architectuur Atelier Designs the Green Arc in a Garden
Sustainable Vibrant Work Environments
LEGO Group Shows Off its Innovation Campus in Denmark
Stingray-Inspired Restaurant Roofs
Atelier Nomadic Designs the Canopy of the Overwater Restaurant
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Futuristic Curved Islandic Homes
The Collective Studio Co., Ltd Designs the Nest Residence
Tea-Honoring Angular Libraries
Atelier Xi Designs the Interconnected Library and Tea Rooms
Floral Architecture Floating Restaurants
Thilina Liyanage Designs the Nelumbo Sustainably
Concrete Boxes-Overlapping Homes
FujiwaraMuro Architects Designs the House in Tsurumi-ku
Hempcrete-Crafted Sustainable Workspaces
Commonbond Architects Designs the Gardenhide Studio
Natural Japanese Art Galleries
Brazil's Yayoi Kusama Gallery Features a Nature-Inspired Design
Local Craft-Shown Bamboo Pavilions
AtArchitecture Designs the Northeast Pavilion for an Art Fair
Abstract Colorfully Vibrant Playscapes
100architects Designs the Wired Scape Playground
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Curvaceous Brick Forest Homes
Blurring Boundaries Designs the Asmalay Home in a Forest
Raw Concrete Industrial Homes
Studio Cochi Architects Designs the House in Nishizaki
Architecture-Inspired Building Blocks
James Paulius Designs the Blockitecture® Frank Lloyd Wright
Woodland-Inspired Timber Office Spaces
Atelier du Pont Completes the Pavilion Jardins Building
Doughnut-Shaped Elevated Houses
Studio Saxe Designs the Sinfornia Verde in Carate, Costa Rica
Textural Brick Structures
Bennetts Associates & Citizens Design Bureau Create BEAM Cultural Center
Wood-Wrapped Contemporary Libraries
The Graded School Library is Integrated Inside a School
Sustainably Designed Mumbai Offices
Sanjay Puri Architects Designs the Office@27 Workspace
Temple-Inspired Striking Galleries
Abin Design Studio Designs a Gallery with Temple Themes
Mass-Timber Apartment Blocks
Local Architecture Network Completes the Wood Up Apartment Block
Vaulted Bamboo Pavilions
Jack Rankin and Nyami Studio Design the Juliet Center in Pakistan
Sustainably Crafted Pavilions
Shigeru Ban Introduces the Paper Log House in the Glass House
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Expansive School Bamboo Canopies
CollectiveProject Creates a Canopy at Talaricheruvu Rural School
Culturally Influenced Residential Spas
Diébédo Francis Kéré Nods to Tradition for a Swiss Chalet
Wooden Cubic University Buildings
BIG Designs the Makers' KUbe at the University of Kansas
Hand-Bent Steel Performance Pavilions
Trahan Architecture Completes the Performance Pavilion
Traditional Sustainable School Designs
Heatherwick Studio Showcases Plans for Universidad Ean
Cascading Aluminum Pipe Museums
Kengo Kuma Design the Audeum Museum with an Aluminum Facade
Cross-Laminated Timber Renovated Warehouses
Lever Architecture Created the 843 N Spring Street
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Rice-Centric Outdoor Installations
Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Present Sunrice
Cave-Like Folded Residences
Earthscape Studio Creates the Unique Structural Wild House
Office Building Rainbow Facades
SAKO Architects Designs the Vertical Rainbow Office Building
Open-Air Perforated Concrete Homes
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Organic Striking Tower Designs
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Acrylic Glass Cubic Clinics
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Barn-Inspired Timber Residences
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Alleyway-Inspired Art Centers
Neri&Hu Completes the New Bund Performing Arts Centre
Void-Cut Elevated Residences
Chop _ Archi Design the Compact Kumagaya House in Japan
Transformed Disused Steelwork Structures
Delugan Meissl Designs Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse
City-Framing Concrete Residences
Cadence Architects Completes the Design of the K-Home
Rustic Cultural Architectural Buildings
Abin Design Studio Designed the Gallery House in Bensberia
Glass-Lined Towering Libraries
Snøhetta Designs the Beijing City Library Located in China
Ribbon-Like Dynamic Structures
Zaha Hadid Presents the Capital International Exhibition Space
Romantic Seaside Pier Pavilions
GN Architects Designs the Seaside Pavilion in China
Clear Glazing Compact Residences
IGArchitects Designs the Check Patterned House in Japan
Basketry-Informed University Facades
Heatherwick Studio Designs a Building for Universidad Ean
Recycled Ship Sail Pavilions
The Breeze Installation is Installed at Chart Art Fair
Interconnected Brick-Clad Buildings
David Chipperfield Architects Blends Three Housing Typologies
Porcelain-Clad Skyscrapers
Selldorf Architevts Completes Another New York Skyscraper
Bamboo Parasol Community Canopies
The Purple Ink Studio Covers the Tapmi Center with a Canopy
Eco-Friendly Modular Refugee Shelters
AllSpace has Designed a Special Shelter Prototype
Turtle-Shaped Bamboo Restaurants
Thilina Liyanage Designs the Turtle Restaurant on the Coast
Architectural Pottery Museums
1+1>2 Architects Designs the Bat Trang Pottery Museum
Dynamic Military Archive Buildings
Jahn Completes the Pritzker Military Archives Center Design
Vast Wooden Structural Pavilions
Sou Fujimoto Architects Showcases Progress of the Grand Ring
Wooden Residential Parisian Buildings
Kengo Kuma & Associates Designed the Yama-Tani Building
Natural Material-Transformed Artworks
Borrowed Earth Collaborative Uses Natural Materials for Art
Paper-Like Art Museum Roofs
BIG Expands the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark with a Folded Roof
Sleek Contemporary Elevated Retreats
Brown & Brown Architects Designs the Tidal House
Wooden Roof Japanese Museums
Shigeru Ban Designs the Toyota City Museum in Japan
Contemporary Cantilevered Residences
Alterstudio Architecture Presents the Westview Residence
Structural Energetic Playgrounds
The Archipelago Playscape is a Children's Museum Playground
Expansive Roofs Concrete Homes
Studio MOB Creates a House in the Farm in Coimbatore
Concrete Block-Formed Residences
nendo Designed the block-wall house Located in Karuizawa
Tree-Lined Striking Modern Residences
Palette Architecture Designs the Shift House in New York
Steel Structural Dynamic Workspaces
Skylab Architecture Builds a New Skylab Office in Oregon
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Minsuk Cho Designs the Archipelagic Void Shelter in London
Nature-Inspired Design Objects
Students at Tecnológico de Monterrey Design the Plant-Based Series
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Art Center Sweeping Canopies
Kengo Kuma & Associates Extend the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Whimsical Flowing Woodland Villas
Thilina Liyanage Designs the 3 Bedroom Balinese Villa
Immersive Breeze Houses
Alya Ola Abbas' Design Was Installed for Dubai Design Week 2023
Gridded Screen Apartment Blocks
Neri&Hu Design a Grid Facade Residential Building in Taiwan
Pencil Shaving-Inspired Decks
Thilina Liyanage's Tropical Yoga Deck is Sustainably Built
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Arched Garden-Topped Cultural Centers
Atelier Apeiron Creates the Hengqin Culture and Art Complex
Zen-Inspired Tranquil Villas
TaP Design Inc Creates the Villa Tabebuia in Bangalore
Philosophically Designed Modern Homes
c.dd Designs the Boundaless Residence in Guangdong