Bamboo
Natural beauty – on nature’s terms
With its beauty, strength and resilience, bamboo allows us to bring nature’s beauty into our modern indoor environments in new, sustainable ways.
Our own family’s tea plantation heritage has taught us the value of embracing and nurturing the rich sources given to us by nature. Forty years ago, while travelling the Asian highlands, Waw’s founder stumbled upon what was then still a hidden gem: bamboo forests, the lungs of Asia.
Since then, building our bamboo collections has always been – and continues to be – a cultural and creative journey, bordering on spiritual. Each range has unfolded in close dialogue with the architects, designers and craftsmen with whom we have worked over the years. Our goal is to leave a unique legacy: a deep respect for nature’s raw materials, and an untiring commitment to sustainability.
A sustainable, high-quality choice
While tropical hardwoods become increasingly scarce due to over-exploitation, bamboo is one of the fastest-growing renewable sources in the world, absorbing CO2 in large quantities. In addition, it is harder, stronger and more resilient, easy to maintain, and resistant to moisture, termites, dust, and mould.
Drawing on traditional craftsmanship, profound experience and advanced technology, Waw creates solid, engineered and strand woven bamboo products that deliver both in quality and sustainability.
The bamboo itself is FSC certified, harvested from the world’s largest bamboo reservoir in China. We make use of all parts of the bamboo, and our factory waste is used to generate our own power. Our mills are ISO 9001:2000 and 14001 certified. Additionally, we work with several world-renowned providers of top-quality coatings that further highlight and preserve our products.
Our bamboo floor collections
360º
Natural beauty, through and through
Our 360° collection harnesses all the raw beauty and sturdiness of solid bamboo, for a full-on natural feel that will have you walking barefoot as often as you can.
With its extreme resilience and minimal carbon footprint, solid bamboo is an excellent choice for those looking for beautiful, durable and affordable flooring. Our 360° ranges are made entirely of natural bamboo, from top to bottom, creating a wonderfully solid, down-to-earth feel.
In homes and light commercial environments, our 360° Block Parquet is an ideal option with its wide range of looks and applications. For heavier traffic, on top of floor heating or in air-conditioned environments, we recommend 360° Industriale for its stability.
It’s worth noting that as a natural, organic material that breathes and moves, solid bamboo works best in stable climates with more or less constant temperature/moisture levels. For more temperate climates, we recommend Engineered Bamboo.
Engineered
Plank
Premium bamboo solutions for any climate
Our Engineered Plank collection explores the timeless simplicity of natural bamboo as an age-old, traditional resource, translating it into a sophisticated solution for any indoor setting – regardless of climate.
Here, the beauty, sustainability and strength of natural bamboo have been given a stabilising base of cross-constructed wood layers to minimise movement, expansion and contraction. Much less temperamental than solid bamboo flooring, engineered plank is a particularly strategic choice in shifting climates or fluctuating indoor temperatures and moisture levels.
In addition, engineered plank flooring is much easier to change, making it an ideal option on top of concrete subfloors. The bamboo layer is thick enough to refinish – although thanks to its extreme resilience, it’s unlikely you’ll ever need to. The structural integrity of our engineered collection, combined with the technical superiority of our finishes, ensures a beautiful, top-notch flooring that will last for many years to come.
Bamboo Veneers
An open journey to endless creativity
With its fluid grace, strength and sustainability, bamboo veneer provides endless design and creative possibilities – allowing you to transform your interiors into an organic, holistic experience.
All of our Bamboo Veneers are multi-layered with a high-grade, closed-porous finish, and three-dimensional workability thanks to their top-quality construction. We create them with the utmost precision, slicing sheets from laminated blocks of high-quality bamboo and then pressing them onto both sides of a base material. For easy, smooth handling, each veneer strip is backed with a thin, strong cellulose fleece. This allows it to be easily pressed onto a panel, opening up for all kinds of interior design applications.
Additional benefits
Low maintenance
Quick installation
FSC certified bamboo
CO2 neutral
Guaranteed homogeneous surface
Available in various sizes, colours and styles
Unfinished
Optional formaldehyde-free adhesive
Floorscore certified
Bamboo Panels
Light, versatile solutions for any interior
Our Bamboo Panel collection allows you to further enhance your interiors with the warm freshness of Asian bamboo. With its light, elegant aesthetics – contrasted by its incredible hardness and resilience – it easily proves that bamboo is so much more than a flooring option.
Blending beautifully with other materials such as concrete, steel and glass, our Bamboo Panel collection offers versatile and easily adaptable solutions for interior projects – from walls, ceilings, doors and stairs to kitchens, worktops and furniture.
Made of layers of solid, naturally-grown bamboo, and available in a wide variation of thicknesses and sizes, each panel is built to withstand all kinds of heavy wear and tear as well as moisture. Moreover, our Bamboo Panels meet high fire safety requirements, making them an excellent option in cases where other materials can present a challenge – for instance, ceilings and walls.
Additional benefits
Low maintenance
Quick installation
FSC certified bamboo
CO2 neutral
Grain patterned veneer
Available in many sizes and thicknesses
Sanded both sides, unfinished
