176 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
176 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
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When searching for genuinely sustainable building design and technology - designs that go beyond conventional sustainability to be truly restorative - we often find that nature got there first. Over 3.5 billion years of natural history have evolved innumerable examples of forms, systems, and processes that can be applied to modern green design.
For architects, urban designers and product... Read more
1. How Could We Build More Efficient Structures? 2. How Will We Manufacture Materials? 3. How Will We Produce our Energy? 4. How Will We Get Fresh Water? 5. How Will We Create Zero-waste Systems? 6. How Will We Control our Thermal Environment? 7. How Will We Gather and Distribute Light? Synthesis
Biography
Michael Pawlyn is an architect and has a well-earned reputation as a pioneer of biomimicry. Before setting up his own practice, Exploration Architecture Ltd., he worked with Grimshaw Architects for ten years and was central to the team that radically re-invented horticultural architecture for the Eden Project. He lectures widely on the subject of sustainable design.
