Precision manufacturing, co-opting water and designing for life and the circular economy could facilitate the epochal shift needed to respond to global heating.

Let’s talk about elephants for a second. These magnificent mammals have been on this planet for over 55 million years. Many of them live in dry, arid climates, so they’ve learned to stay cool thanks ...

This article was originally published by Autodesk's Redshift publication as "Haresh Lalvani on Biomimicry and Architecture That Designs Itself." It’s the holy grail for any biomimicry design futurist: ...

From snowflakes to leaves, nature is full of incredible shapes and intricate designs. Nature itself is a wonder, a world full of plants and animals that adapt themselves to better suit the natural ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When nature has a problem, evolution weeds out what doesn’t work and selects the most effective adaptations. Humans ...

MICHAEL PAWLYN is a British architect with an affinity for the natural world. So he is passionate about biomimicry—a discipline that looks at nature's best ideas to inspire solutions to human problems ...

Biomimicry, the name might sound something out-of-the-box and new, but at the heart of it, it is simple, innovation that's "nature-taught." ...

Cities could help stop climate change by imitating natural processes that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to architect Michael Pawlyn. Buildings could be constructed from ...

Nature is often an influencer in the world of architecture. Known as biomimicry, humankind has studied nature for inspiration in solving all kinds of problems, not just architectural or building.