Bends But Doesn't Break.

Bamboo Living Homes are not only designed to exceed international seismic and hurricane code requirements, they also surpass the toughest hurricane codes in the USA - Florida's Miami Dade County to be exact.  And in 1995 our beautiful bamboo homes were put to the test in the islands of Rarotonga when three category 5 hurricanes hit in February, causing extensive damage or completely demolishing most of the timber structures.

But even 173 mph winds couldn't blow our Bamboo Living bungalows down.  Suffering only cosmetic damage (some of the grass thatching needed to be replaced), the owners were ecstatic that they'd built with bamboo.

Rarotonga Slideshow

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Today Show video showing how conventionally built homes stand up to 100 mph winds.

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