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Bamboozled - The anti-eco, eco-friendly architect

Preface

­­He single-handedly pioneered the use of bamboo in construction, but Colombian architect Simón Vélez won't embrace eco-acolytes who tout the hollow grass as the 21st century's answer to the steel beam.



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