"Biomimicry has the earmarks of a successful meme, that is, an idea that will spread like an adaptive gene throughout our culture."

-- Janine M. Benyus, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

Nature Is the Model Factory

Eastgate Centre by Mick Pearce (Photo source)

Some of the most intriguing discoveries are being made in architecture and urban planning. In Harare, Zimbabwe, architect Mick Pearce, working with engineers at Arup Associates, constructed a midrise building modeled after termite mounds, which maintain a nearly constant temperature of 31 degrees Celsius even as the outside temperature varies from 3 to 42 degrees. >> Read More