Tom Wiscombe and Emergent Architecture
Tom Wiscombe is one of the pioneers of emergent architecture, which is rather obvious from his practice entitled “emergent architecture.” Lean more about him and his projects.
Evolo Unveils Skyscraper Challenge Results
Evolo Magazine holds a yearly skyscraper competition. The submissions are always great, Biomimetic Architecture shares our favorite finalist with you and links to the published projects. Enjoy and let us know your favorites in the comments!
Adaptive Architecture Conference at the London Building Centre
The Building Centre is hosting an Adaptive Architecture conference March 3rd to 5th. The Line Up is very impressive. Visit the Official Website for more information.
Kate Orff Suggests Oysters to Rebuild New York Harbor
[ted id=1064] Interesting project suggesting to rebuild the New York Harbor’s ecology with introducing artificial reefs harvesting oysters. Project website here.
Michael Pawlyn of Exploration on Biomimicry Applied to Architecture
[ted id=1072] Michael Pawlyn, the director at Exploration Architecture recently informed us of his TED speech on biomimicry applied to architecture. Great video, a must watch. We posted about the Eden Project he was involved with many months ago, a …
Decker Yeadon's Homeostatic Facade System
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CThFRt95aI] Decker Yeadon, a studio out of New York City, has devised a beautiful contemporary double-skin glass facade system for large buildings. Whereas the current model of curtain wall double skins has a simple air cavity embedded with louvers, this …
Sean Hanna and Responsive Materials
Sean Hanna of the University College of London has been working on the idea of responsive materials that could be inherently intelligent and respond to external forces in the environment, like the cells living in an organism. Although research on …
Intel and Carnegie Mellon's Claytronics: Self Organizing "Electronic Clay"
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJEMfAg5l2w&w=500&h=311] Researcher’s from Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Corporation have been working on a project called Claytronics. The idea is to have hundreds of thousands of nano processors form together to create new solid objects in any shape or size. …
New Building Hosts Living Skin Concept
A building concept envisioned for the new urban boom in China is proposing an advanced skin system that, similar to the stomata on the under side of the leaf, provides opportunities for controlling the gaseous exchange between the interior and …