Bird Island : A Green Home in the Jungle of Malaysia

You might have seen this stunning construction located in Kuala Lumpur already, in magazines or online. If you haven’t, I invite you to take a moment to read…

Bird Island in Malaysia is not only beautiful and cool looking, it is also a zero energy home made of an eco-friendly bamboo frame wrapped in a sustainably-sourced silicone glass fabric. It is super light and flexible and sways organically with the wind like a treetop. A grey-water recycling system allows for eco-conscious water use and reuse. Designed by Berlin-based Graft Lab Architects, as part of the YTL Green Homes Competition, which challenges international architects and designers to put their keenest, greenest ideas into action. How proud you must feel when you have achieved such a construction…

Bird Island

Florence Rolando

Florence Rolando (journalist, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows) was the original Founder of Pirouette in early 2009. Pirouette blog* has been a reference in the industry since it started with its combined business and consumer view of the children’s market. A fantastic resource for children’s fashion, design, trends and culture, it aims to support creativity and talent but it also does this by talking about life, family, culture and health.

Florence is an international leader in the industry (8 years as a Milk Collaborator, contributor to Naif Magazine in Spain, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows in New York and London).

Now Florence runs Energy Therapy Porto @enrgy_therapy_porto

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