Fake Bamboo

Bamboo is such an iconic image of Asia that there are sure to be uses that are not the real thing.

Metal can be pressed to look like bamboo.

Cement can be molded in to the shape of bamboo.

Of course it doesn;t fool anyone and the potential savings is lost when the concrete falls away from the reinforcing rebar.

Even another paint scheme isn't convincing.

But e101, the tallest building in Taiwan, and for a time the tallest building in the world was also designed with the bamboo motif.