Meet Elora Hardy – the visionary blending nature and architecture in Indonesia’s paradise. This Canadian-born designer swapped city life to craft bamboo wonderlands in Bali, proving sustainability can be stunning.
\"Bamboo is our gift to future generations,\" says Hardy, whose team has built over 90 eco-structures. Their crown jewel? The Green School Bali campus – a jungle classroom where students learn surrounded by whispering bamboo stalks and zero carbon guilt.
From curved rooftops mimicking banana leaves to earthquake-resistant designs, Hardy’s creations look straight out of Avatar. But it’s not all Insta-worthy aesthetics – she’s battling termites, weather, and skeptics who dismiss bamboo as \"poor man’s timber.\"
Named an Architectural Digest Innovator in 2013, Hardy’s now experimenting with other natural materials. \"Imagine homes built from mushroom roots or coconut fibers,\" she teases – making sustainable living look cooler than a Netflix docu-series.
PS: Want to feel like you’re living in a real-life fairy tale? Bali’s bamboo houses now welcome eco-tourists.
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Canadian female designed magic houses made of bamboo in Bali
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