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It is five-star living with vast spiral staircases, bridges and stunning sloping roofs. But this village of 18 homes provides luxury without the guilt, as the properties are all crafted from sustainably-sourced bamboo.

Hidden treasure—tucked away in the depths of Bali’s lush jungle lies one of the island’s most remarkable settlements—the Green Village.

Walking into a West Village café, Elora Hardy looks like an intern just out of college. For a moment, it’s hard to imagine that, back home in Bali, she was responsible for building Sharma Springs, a house that looks like something King Ludwig II might…

Bamboo on the rise in Bali—it is an amazing and magical place in Sibang, a sustainably built village that redefines the concepts and parameters of bamboo.

IBUKU—creating spaces where living in nature is living in style.

It is a pleasure to introduce you to Elora Hardy, CEO and lead designer at IBUKU/PT Bamboo which is responsible for some of the most spectacular bamboo architecture ever created on this planet.

Eine Generation ökologischer Vordenker wird auf Bali ausgebildet. Green School nennt sich die Unterrichtsstätte, die jungen Menschen lehrt, wie man umweltbewusst lebt. Und nicht nur das.

Elora Hardy was part of the first wave of expat kids growing up in Ubud in the 1980’s. Her creative parents would drop the little girl off with friendly craftsmen in various villages where she learned how to carve, paint and batik all sorts of…

The traditional material is leading the way towards stylish and sustainable homes.

Those looking for a luxury abode that couples cutting-edge style and environmental sensibility should look no further than the Green Village, located 25 minutes outside the arts community of Ubud.

Dans la continuité de la Green School Bali, focus sur ce « Green Village » composé de 15 maisons, situé le long de la rivière Ayung à Bali. Imaginée par Donna Karan, l’ensemble du village est fortement basé sur les concepts de durabilité et de savoir-faire artisanal,…

Green Village, founded by jewellery designer John Hardy and designed by his daughter Elora, is a community of sustainable and ecological houses sitting along the Ayung River in Bali. Each of the homes are made entirely of bamboo, from Bali-based bamboo and construction company Ibuku, from the…

Designed by IBUKU, the Green Village is a neighbourhood of beautiful bamboo houses in Bali. Built in much the same way as the nearby Green School, the unique homes are constructed around radial clusters of bamboo columns to which bamboo tile and a thatched canopy…

If you build it—former textile designer, Elora Hardy sets her sights on eco-friendly bamboo structures built by local artisans in Bali.

Beautiful bridge in Bali constructed entirely with bamboo in four months.

Strong, light and cheaper than steel poles, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding. So much so that in recognition of the material’s versability, the Indonesian island of Bali has made an emblem of sustainable construction, replacing buildings of concrete and steel with far greener…

Green Village houses are constructed of a type of grass: bamboo, a remarkably renewable resource.

Living in nature is living in style. Doing so can be easy if the IBUKU international design team in Bali has the lead.

Bamboo is being hailed as a new super material, with uses ranging from textiles to construction. It also has the potential to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, the biggest greenhouse gas, and provide some of the world’s poorest people with cash.

Best known for the creation of award-winning, eco-friendly bamboo buildings in Bali, Indonesia, IBUKU is a design team whose mission is an authentic relationship with nature. Its creative director Elora Hardy sheds light on her material of choice.

Spiral swerves and sweeping curves, multi-storey mandalas, helix-bound holdups…these are terms you might expect to be used describing a Maurits Escher piece until, that is, you visit Elora Hardy’s Green Village project near Mambal.