2007 International Bamboo Building Design Competition 													An Architecture Design Competition of Structural Bamboo Buildings 														"Visionary Designs for Ecological Living" 													 										 									 | 								
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																	| 										 											Competition Objectives 												 									 | 								
																	Develop new award winning designs for bamboo houses and designs for many types of buildings and structures. 										 | 								
																	Raise awareness of the uses of certified structural bamboo for building code approved structures. 										 | 								
																	Introduce architects, designers, builders and planners to working with bamboo as a structural material. 										 | 								
																	| 										 											Promote a shared vision to create an environmentally sustainable housing alternative in the building industry. 											 									 | 								
																	Nuture an emerging industry developing sustainable building products and crafts from bamboo. 										 | 								
																	Promote preservation and restoration of native and natural forests of the world by replacing wood with bamboo products. 										 | 								
																	Promote bamboo propagation, harvesting, manufacturing and building in an ecologically safe manner for the ecosystems and the people of the world. 										 |