Building with Bamboo: A Handbook (2ND ed.) - Ingram Academic Contributor(s): Janssen, Jules (Author
Building with Bamboo: A Handbook (2ND ed.) - Ingram Academic Contributor(s): Janssen, Jules (Author
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Building with Bamboo: A Handbook (2ND ed.) - Ingram Academic
Contributor(s): Janssen, Jules (Author
US SRP: $23.95 US
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2010
Pub Date: December 15, 1995
Physical Info: 0.2" H x 9.0" L x 6.0" W (0.3 lbs) 72 pages
This revised handbook brings together the practical experiences of engineers in the field and of research programmes testing bamboo. The author shows how bamboo can be harvested, seasoned and jointed to form walls, doors and windows, roofs, floors, ceilings, roof trusses and bridges, and how to weave bamboo.
Dr. Jules Janssen is a well-known expert in the field of bamboo as a building and engineering material. He has been keynote speaker on several congresses, and has acted as a member of steering committees, chairman of several sessions, and refereed papers submitted for congresses. Further he has acted as member of committees for Ph.D. studies at several universities and was the supervisor of the National Bamboo Project in Costa Rica from 1987 until 1995.