Facebook Tweet Help Stories Apartments and Multi-unit NATURAL ALTERNATIVE Share Tweet Help Bamboo is an environmentally friendly and hard-wearing alternative to traditional hardwood flooring View of the staff room of the BNZ offices which features bamboo flooring from Bamboo Flooring Systems. For the new BNZ offices, the flooring had to be durable, environmentally sound and aesthetically pleasing. To accommodate a high-traffic area such as the staff room, the designers selected bamboo from Bamboo Flooring Systems as the solution.Sound was a primary concern. To ensure it would be long lasting, hard wearing and quiet, the floor was installed on acoustic underlay and glued down with a moisture seal.The designers also wanted a dark-looking wood that would be in keeping with the rest of the interior, so they chose an Ecodure plank in Horizontal Coffee. A natural carbonisation process is used to permanently darken the colour of the bamboo. View of the staff room of the BNZ offices which features bamboo flooring from Bamboo Flooring Systems. Bamboo is more environmentally sustainable than traditional hardwood flooring, which was another priority for this interior fit-out. Once harvested, bamboo takes only 5-6 years to grow back, compared to traditional hardwood which takes between 30-50 years.Paul Page, managing director of Bamboo Flooring Systems, says that the advantage of using bamboo is its flexibility."Bamboo can look very bamboo-like' or it can be treated to look like a timber. There are 13 different types or we can create a custom floor. As New Zealand's most experienced bamboo specialists, each project we undertake is managed from start to finish. This enables us to approach each situation separately and provide specialist solutions," he says. View of the staff room of the BNZ offices which features bamboo flooring from Bamboo Flooring Systems. BAMBOO FLOORING SYSTEMSPO Box 91593, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142Phone (09) 489 3602 Fax (09) 489 3604www.bambooflooring.co.nz sales@bambooflooring.co.nz Story by: Trendsideas 17 Mar, 2010 Apartments Trendsideas Home kitchen bathroom commercial design Latest Post Who won? – 2024 TIDA Homes awards results announced 17 Nov, 2024 Memories of the Alhambra 17 Nov, 2024 Stone, wood and metal 17 Nov, 2024 We know the Specialists Related Book More Books > NZ2604 NZ2604 Read More Similar Stories