Engineers and architects are now using of bamboo construction know-how from prefabricated housing in Myanmar to build a much large structure in Madagascar. Raphaël Ascoli, founder of Yangon-based ...

YANGON, MYANMAR -Access to lumber from teak, acacia, bamboo, ironwood and michelia champaca could improve as Myanmar rejoins the world community. The wood species are growing in the dense Burmese ...

Footage of the aftermath of the quake, revealed rows of homes tilting precariously in the lake, as several structures were partially submerged beneath the lake's surface. The earthquake that struck ...

When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar last year, roads buckled and thousands of buildings collapsed. But a group of small, ultra-low-cost homes made from bamboo survived without any damage.

HLAING THA YAR, Myanmar, May 6 (Reuters) - When the full force of Cyclone Nargis passed overhead, people in this one village in southwest Myanmar could do little but sit tight and pray their ...