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30,000 poles, zero blueprints: How Hong Kong’s Master Lai built the world’s largest bamboo altar

Discover how 17 craftsmen built a five-storey Guinness World Record structure using 30,000 bamboo poles—and no blueprints ...
Yahoo

Bamboo scaffolding helped build Hong Kong's skyline, but a deadly fire may hasten its end

BANGKOK (AP) — While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex was unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that ...
CNN

Preserving Macao’s bamboo tradition through sculptural works

Many of Asia’s biggest cities owe their skylines to long bamboo poles that allow construction workers to climb to great heights. This type of scaffolding has been used for centuries in places like ...
Daily Journal

Bamboo scaffolding helped build Hong Kong’s skyline, but a deadly fire may hasten its end

BANGKOK (AP) — While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex was unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that ...