Bamboo-clad parasols and a three-storey bamboo truss feature in this roundup of buildings from Southeast and South Asia built using the fast-growing plant. More about Seven buildings that demonstrate the versatility of bamboo
This year's London Design Festival landmark project, The Pangolin Shield, explores Britain and India's colonial history through a bamboo-grid pavilion covered with shields used both for protection and aggression. More about Studio Saar tops LDF pavilion with police and rain shields
Malaysian architect Eleena Jamil has completed a house and studio space near Kuala Lumpur, with airy interiors and terraces shaded by canopies built using a hybrid of bamboo and green-painted steel. More about Eleena Jamil shades Malaysian guesthouse with bamboo and steel canopy
Fashion house Dior has revealed the Dior Bamboo Pavilion concept store in Tokyo's Daikanyama area with a facade that was designed to evoke Japanese bamboo forests. More about Dior unveils golden bamboo version of Paris HQ
Architecture practice The Purple Ink Studio has created a temporary pavilion in India at the Kerala Literature Festival that aims to recall the region's Indo-German links. More about The Purple Ink Studio draws on ship sails for seaside pavilion in Kerala
Chinese architecture studio Team BLDG has converted two rural homes outside Shanghai into The Catcher guesthouse, adding three connecting volumes to the existing structures. More about "Authenticity and connection to nature" guide guesthouse renovation by Team BLDG
Boulder-shaped canopies of woven bamboo shelter the spaces of LuxeIsland Farm, an eco-farm in China designed by Various Associates. More about "Celestial boulders" of woven bamboo shade eco-farm in China
Myanmar-based architecture studio Blue Temple has teamed up with construction company Housing Now to build a series of low-cost bamboo homes capable of withstanding natural disasters. More about Blue Temple creates earthquake-proof bamboo homes for "the price of a smartphone"
Bamboo scaffolding and safety netting have been blamed for contributing to the spread of an enormous high-rise building fire in Hong Kong that has claimed at least 55 lives. More about Bamboo scaffolding under scrutiny following devastating Hong Kong high-rise fire
Undulating bamboo roofs modelled on seashells, fish and manta rays provide shelter for facilities across this wellness retreat in Indonesia, designed by Balinese practice Pablo Luna Studio. More about Sea creatures inform sweeping bamboo roofs of Intaaya Retreat in Indonesia
Dezeen Showroom: Ibuku architecture studio founder Elora Hardy has extended her work with bamboo from buildings to furniture in a collaboration with Indonesian brand Bamboo Pure, producing a sculptural chair. More about New Moon chair by Elora Hardy for Bamboo Pure
A large mandala-shaped truss constructed from bamboo crowns the central hall of this Buddhist meditation centre in Tibet, designed by Nepalese architecture studio Abari. More about Mandala-shaped bamboo truss crowns Buddhist meditation hall in Nepal by Abari
Arches of heat-bent bamboo support Living Bridge, an Indonesian school's learning centre designed by architect Jonathan Mizzi in collaboration with teenage students. More about Jonathan Mizzi co-designs bamboo learning centre with students in Indonesia
Local studio Canter and Gallop Design has clad a Hong Kong home in wood to create "a quiet abode in a bamboo forest". More about A Bamboo Sanctuary in Hong Kong references surrounding bamboo forest
Cardboard tubes are among the materials that Japanese architect Shigeru Ban used to construct the Blue Ocean Dome pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, which contains exhibits by designer Kenya Hara. More about Shigeru Ban uses cardboard and bamboo for Blue Ocean Dome pavilion
A vaulted bamboo structure forms The Juliet Centre in Pakistan, a community workshop and events space completed by Northern Irish architect Jack Rankin and UK practice Nyami Studio. More about Jack Rankin and Nyami Studio complete vaulted bamboo pavilion in Pakistan
Balinese architecture studio RAD+ar has hidden a bamboo chicken coop under an artificial hill in a park in Jakarta, Indonesia. More about RAD+ar hides bamboo chicken coop under hill in Jakarta
A canopy of parasols clad in bamboo shelters this business school's social hub in southwest India, which local practice The Purple Ink Studio has designed to challenge conventional academic buildings. More about The Purple Ink Studio covers Tapmi Centre in India with bamboo parasol canopy
Crisscrossing bamboo poles combine with woven raffia mats to form this pavilion built by architecture studio HTL Africa in Lagos, Nigeria. More about HTL Africa installs bamboo scaffolding pavilion in Lagos
An oversized, bamboo-clad roof connects the spaces at the Bamboo Gate community centre in the Mabi Reconstruction Disaster Prevention Park, Japan, designed by architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates. More about Kengo Kuma tops sculptural community centre with swooping bamboo roof