Title:
Bamboo style
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Publication Information:
Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, 2002
ISBN:
9781586850920
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Summary
Summary
Bamboo Style creatively shows how every room of the house can be designed, decorated, or accented with sensual bamboo furniture, flooring, wall covering, ceiling material, and accessories.
Author Notes
Author Gale Beth Goldberg, AIA, received her master's in architecture from MIT and has been a practicing architect for twenty years. She was funded by the Graham Foundation to research and document bamboo architecture in Colombia. A staunch advocate of sustainable architecture, she has participated in international conferences on bamboo, published articles, and presented at seminars and workshops. She lives in Santa Barbara, California
Excerpts
Excerpts
Introduction The human form and spirit would have much to emulate in the power of bamboo: standing upright, yet strong and supple; being flexible yet resilient in light of nature's forces; being grounded with an extensive rootedness to the earth yet light and airy in response to the slightest breeze. The Asian cultures admire, respect, and honor the beauty of bamboo--a superfast-growing and self-renewing plant. With a few simple tools, this amazing grass, so rich in its diversity, is easily shaped into more than a thousand uses. Excerpted from Bamboo Style by Gale Beth Goldberg All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 8 |
| Foreword | p. 10 |
| Introduction | p. 12 |
| Why Choose Bamboo | p. 18 |
| The Ways of Bamboo | p. 46 |
| Bamboo Inside | p. 74 |
| Bamboo Outside | p. 112 |
| On Your Own | p. 138 |
| Afterword: Bamboo and Beyond | p. 148 |
| Sourcebook | p. 150 |
| Bibliography | p. 172 |
| Photo Credits | p. 176 |
