Gau Designs seems to continuously come up with innovative eco-friendly materials. They designed this fabulous prefab in bamboo  from outdoor to the indoor.

Gau 设计公司似乎不断地采用创新环保材料。他们设计了这个令人难以置信的预制房，里外都用竹子。

The prefabrecated house offers  really spacious rooms where landscape is part of  the house.

这个预制房提供的房间实在很独特，使得风景成为房屋的组成部分。

The design studio based in Montreal offers everything from furnishings to architectural interiors to photography and graphic design.

该设计室位于蒙特利尔，提供家具室内装修摄影及图纸设计。

http://cubeme.com/blog/2007/09/03/modular-bamboo-house-by-gau-design/

此次地震中无数生命枉送于倒塌的房屋中，触目惊心。有人大骂地震局，有人说只要发现有地质异样活动，不管震不震先让大家出去住帐蓬。但是地震目前的确是没办法准确预告的。长时间住帐篷不现实。严寒酷暑，得多少人生病啊？另外雷电暴雨，山洪，山体滑坡都是可怕的自然灾害，怎能让千万人冒如此危险？现实的方法是地震多发区尽量不要盖楼房。现在农村盖房子是把水泥板架在墙上的，一遇震动就会塌下来砸到人。最好是整浇，但那样成本高出许多。我以为国家应拨款研究开发轻型墙壁楼板屋顶。我在网上看到过国外利用新技术处理过的竹子盖房子，抗震性能极佳，又不破坏环境，价格低廉。我国西南地震高发区适合竹子生长，有条件发展竹屋代替现有的那些危机四伏的水泥板房子。当然竹子作为建材使用还有很多问题要解决，国家要下决心把开发土地获取的利润，拿出部分来作研究，组织科学家工程师们攻关，告慰那些不该逝去的灵魂。

2007 International Bamboo Building Design Competition An Architecture Design Competition of Structural Bamboo Buildings "Visionary Designs for Ecological Living"  2007年国际竹建筑设计大赛“梦幻生态居住生活设计”

http://www.bamboocompetition.com/objectives.html

这次大赛北京也是赛区之一，但知道的人好像并不多。环保建筑在国内备受冷落。。。。

Bamboo Resort Houses Stand up to Hurricanes竹屋勇抗飓风

Here is visual evidence from the Cook Islands, of just how well Bamboo houses held up against 173 mph hurricane winds and tsunami like waves, compared to nearby conventional wood frame resorts which were demolished. 这里是 来自Cook群岛的目击证据，说明竹屋能够很好地抗拒173mph的飓风与海啸，附近其它传统木框架的房屋已毁坏。

Above: Conventional resort houses nearby were destroyed and have to be rebuilt. 上：附近其它传统木框架的房屋已毁坏，需要重建。

Below: Bamboo resort houses were intact and standing. The fronts were boarded up to prevent window glass damage. Only a few thatch panels blew off and they were recovered. 下：竹屋完好，依旧耸立。竹屋前部为防止窗玻璃损毁，将挡板放下。只有小部分屋顶材料被风刮走，需要修理。

http://www.bambootechnologies.com/bbhomes.htm

我注意竹屋很久了，爱它自然质朴，爱它与环境友好。当此大灾之日，将心头所爱贡献于众，企盼它被更多人所珍爱。

感谢资料来源。