Page 56 - Green Builder MagazineJan-Feb 2019 HOTY Issue

Better With

Bamboo

This clever, compact

Hawaiian bungalow has a

tough side.

BY ALAN NADITZ AND GREEN BUILDER STAFF
HEN A CLIENT ASKS DAVID SANDS
to build a bamboo bungalow, it’s a
source of joy for him. Sands’ company,
Bamboo Living, specializes in housing
made from the island’s fastest-growing
W and most-durable plant. But one
request carried more pride than the others. One of
Sands’ own employees wanted one of the stylish tiny
shacks as a new home to celebrate her return to the
Big Island of Hawaii after 12 years on the mainland.
The employee, Bamboo Living’s sales manager,
“wanted to live simply in a dwelling that mirrored
the beauty and elegance of nature nestled within
the tropical landscape of her youth,” says Sands,
the company’s co-founder and chief architect. The
simplicity comes in a tiny size: The bungalow is
a mere 352 square feet on the inside, the smallest
dwelling allowed by the local building department.

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