This book describes the distribution of bamboo forest and bamboo species for construction, the types and characteristics of both engineered and natural full-culm bamboo materials for construction, the development history and research status of different forms of bamboo architecture. We go on to describe standards, relevant international organizations, research institutions and production and processing enterprises and typical cases. Starting from six aspects, this book systematically describes modern bamboo building development, analyzes the opportunities and challenges faced by the bamboo construction industry and provides guidance for the development of the bamboo construction industry in China. Particularly in Chapter 6, more than 70 examples constructed mostly since 2014 are selected to provide a detailed overview of the use of bamboo as decorative and structural materials. In order to fully explore the potential of bamboo in engineering applications, the authors introduce the use of bamboo construction for transportation facilities (bridges, highway landscape fences and bus stations), landscape, water pipelines and urban municipal tunnels. The authors hope readers are inspired by these most vivid cases and experience the charm of modern Chinese bamboo architecture.

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Mrs. K. W. Liu is the Coordinator of Global Bamboo Construction Programme at the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR). She was born in 1981 in Sichuan, China. She graduated from Beijing Jiaotong University with master degree in Structural Engineering and is now a Ph.D candidate of Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University. Since 2008, she has been working on promoting bamboo construction around the world. She managed around 20 international bamboo construction projects in Asia, America, Africa and Europe. Mrs. Liu is managing the INBAR Construction Task Force, comprising more than 30 bamboo construction experts from around 20 countries. As the Convener of Working Group 12 on Structural Use of Bamboo within the Timber Structures Technical Committee of International Organization for Standardization (ISO TC165 WG12), she is working on the development and revision of 5 international standards of bamboo construction currently. She is also actively participating in the development of 6 technical standards for bamboo construction in China. Her academic achievements include more than 20 peer-reviewed papers, the book Contemporary Bamboo Architecture in China in Chinese as the first author, the academic conference proceedings Modern Engineered Bamboo Structures in English as one editor-in-chief, and the Chinese-language version of the English book Sustainable Building in Practice: What the Users Think as the first translator. Mrs. Liu is one of the experts in three committees Timber and Composite Structures Committee of China Association for Engineering Construction Standardisation, Timber and Bamboo Structures Committee and Sustainable Civil Engineering Committee organized by Chinese Society for Urban Studies in China.

Dr. Q. F. Xu is Chief Engineer of Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences Co., Ltd (SRIBS) and Academic Leader of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Engineering Structure Safety. He is Professor of Engineering, Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist, Excellent Technical Leader of Shanghai, National First Class Registered Structural Engineer and Registered Consulting Engineer. He was born in 1973 in Jiangsu, China. In 2001, Dr. Xu graduated from Southeast University with a doctoral degree in structural engineering. He has been engaged in the research and technical service of wood and bamboo structure design and construction, performance improvement, maintenance and reinforcement for over 20 years. He is member of INBAR Construction Task Force and ISO TC 165. His academic achievements include: more than 150 academic papers including more than 50 SCI/EI cited papers; 6 editor-in-chief technical standards and 12 participated technical standards; 14 authorised national invention patents; 5 Second-Class Prize and two Third-Class Prize of Shanghai Scientific and Technological Progress Award, and two First-Class Prize, one Second-Class Prize and one Third-Class Prize of Huaxia Architectural Science and Technology Award.

Dr. G. Wang is a Professor and the Head of Research Group of Bamboo Fiber Composite Materials of New Biomass Materials Institute at International Center for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR). He is a provincial and ministerial candidate for Millions of Talents Project in the New Century, and project leader of the 13th Five-Year Plan in China. Born in 1965, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, he graduated from Northeast Forestry University in 1988 with a bachelor degree and from the Department of Wood Science and Technology at the Chinese Academy of Forestry in 2003 with a doctorate degree in engineering. He has been engaged in processing technology research and product development of bamboo and wood composite materials for a long time. He presided over the completion of more than 30 national projects related to bamboo and wood structural materials, and bamboo fiber-based composites. His academic achievements include: more than 140 academic papers including more than 50 SCI/EI cited papers;10 editor-in-chief national or industrial standards; one editor-in-chief monograph and 3 participated monographs, 9 provincial and ministerial scientific and technological appraisal and recognition achievements and 20 authorized national patents; one First Prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress Award, two First Prize and two Second Prize of Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award, and two Second Prize of Society of Wood Science & Technology.

Dr. F. M. Chen is Associate Professor of ICBR, Visiting Scholar at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and Secretary of National Key Research Projects. He was born in 1985, Anhui, China. He graduated in 2014 from the Department o...

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Distribution of bamboo forest resources and species for construction.- Types and characteristics of bamboo materials for construction uses.- Research and development status of different types of bamboo structures.- Standards.- International organizations, research institutions, and production and processing enterprises in China.- Case Studies.- Opportunities and challenges for the modern bamboo construction industry in China.