Engineered bamboo houses for lowin income communities Latin America

Structural Engineer

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Kaminski, Sebastian ^a  

^a ARUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN CODES; HOUSING PROJECTS; LABOUR FORCE; LATIN AMERICA; LOCAL COMMUNITY; LOW-COST HOUSINGS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COSTS; HOUSING;

BAMBOO;

EID: 84885656993     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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