Biomicry architecture

Pax Technologies took the calla lily's shape as inspiration for a water mixer. The flower's centripetal spirals assist with the ideal flow of liquid, which allows their design to mix more liquid with a fraction of the horse power usually required. Using nature's perfected designs helps minimize energy requirements. 'Streamlining Principle' based on the Golden Ration.

This post is part of the Inspiration series, made possible by Veer.com. In exploring this series on inspiration, certain recurrent themes come to light. We've repeatedly stressed that inspiration shouldn't be thought of as coming from a sudden divine jolt. Indeed, surrendering inspiration to forces beyond our control would imply...

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New Shanghai Natural History Museum designed by Perkins+Will Architects in Jing'an Sculpture Park

Nature has come up wih some pretty amazing designs. These examples of biomimicry in action cover robotics, architecture, transportation and more.

Posts about biomimicry design process written by Carl Hastrich

Walking cities, underwater urbanism, and more: We have a look at the most spectacular examples of recent architecture fiction.

Our biomimicry challenge What Would You Ask Nature? drew dozens of real-world business problems submitted by companies from all over the world. We assigned three challenges to three firms and paired them each with a biologist. For the next three weeks, each team will be reporting their bio-inspired solutions.

How does it all start? Imagine the roaring sound of a speedy bullet train racing down the track. Now imagine trying to do homework with that powerful noise of the train in the background. That co ...

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