Kengo Kuma combines bamboo with carbon fibre to create "material for the future" www.dezeen.com

Bamboo and carbon fibre can be used together to build earthquake-proof architecture, says Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, whose Bamboo Ring is installed at the V&A for London Design Festival.
Kuma has combined the two materials to create an installation in the John Madejski Garden at the V&A for this year's London Design Festival.
Called Bamboo Ring, the structure shows how rings of bamboo and carbon fibre can be woven together to create extremely strong, self-supporting structures.
Kuma created Bamboo Ring in collaboration with Ejiri Structural Engineers, as well as his Kengo Kuma Laboratory at The University of Tokyo.
Bamboo Ring is one of several installations on show at the V&A during London Design Festival 2019, which opens today and continues until 22 September.