Iron Bamboo: Stronger than steel

Iron Bamboo: Stronger than steel

The remarkable strength of bamboo has long invited comparisons to more industrial materials like iron and steel. And while certain more graceful and whispy varieties take on names like Seabreeze, Buddha Belly, and Umbrella Bamboo, a handful of the most formidable...
Coronavirus pandemic and the House of Bamboo

Coronavirus pandemic and the House of Bamboo

If you’d told me 14 years ago, when Bambu Batu first opened, that I’d end up here — in the midst of a global pandemic, frantically trying to liquidate my inventory in order to close the shop and get back to my wife and kids, who were living overseas in the...