Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Frontmatter --
Contents --
Challenges, Strategies, and Goals --
Introduction: Cultivated Building Materials --
Production Back to The City --
The Ape of Materials --
The Industrialization of Timber - A Case Study --
Standardization of a Natural Resource --
Bamboo, a Cultivated Building Material --
Introduction --
Constructing with Engineered Bamboo --
Upscaling The Bamboo Industry --
The Ecological Impact of Industrially Cultivated Bamboo --
Engineered Bamboo Products - A Sustainable Choice? --
From Cultivated Materials to Building Products --
Soil-Dependent Products. Agriculture --
Wood Foam --
Biopolymers: Cement Replacement --
Biopolymers and Biocomposites Based on Agricultural Residues --
Lignin-based Carbon Fibres --
Nutrient-Dependent, Soil-Independent Products. Biotechnology --
Fungal Mycelium Bio-Materials --
Limestone-producing Bacteria: Self-healing Concrete --
Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate: Multilayer/Multimaterial Coatings on Non-conductive Materials --
Bio-Inspired Products. Biomimicry --
Replicating Natural Design Strategies In Bio-Inspired Composites --
Living Architecture (Liar): Metabolically Engineered Building Units --
About the Authors and Contributors --
Acknowledgments --
Illustration Credits --
Index of Persons, Firms, and Institutions --
Index of Projects, Buildings, and Places

"The 21st century will face a radical paradigm change in how we produce construction materials--a shift towards cultivating, breeding, raising, farming, or growing future resources. The book presents new industrialized production methods and innovative cultivated building materials, like cement grown by bacteria, bricks made of mushroom mycelium or bamboo fibers as reinforcement for concrete. Aiming to build a bridge from scientific research to product development and application, the book describes the contribution of a wide range of professionals and innovators."--Provided by publisher.