Inspired by bird nests or vanishing building techniques, architecture based on natural materials is an expanding focus in both sculpture garden and urban landscape. Natural Architecture Now: New ...

In his editorial “Green Architecture,” Wilhelm Vossenkuhl argues that true green architecture is not a single model, but a social, technological, and territorial process ...

Editor’s Note: This feature is part of ‘A Walk With,’ a new series where some of the world’s most visionary urban designers take you on a stroll. See more here. Hangzhou, China CNN — Architects Wang ...

Timber has been a popular source of construction material for thousands of years. Through sawing, milling, and other engineered wood conversion processes, various wood forms have been created and ...

The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different ...

What looks at a glance like a hilly section of forested landscape is actually a new greenery covered natural history museum by influential studio the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The energy efficient ...

A problem facing architects when designing complex three-dimensional structures lies in their joints, which must be strong enough to take the loads and vector forces applied by the structure, yet ...

Former World Building of the Year and European Prize winner Mecanoo has revealed plans for a new natural history museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The greenery covered building is designed to ...

Nature has long been a source of inspiration for artists and designers. Think of Hector Guimard’s sinuous Art Nouveau entrance canopies to the Paris Métro, or Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic building ...

As the global construction industry turns towards sustainable solutions, flax and hemp are emerging as high-performance, low-impact alternatives for a new generation of bio-based architecture. For the ...

video: As natural and engineered networks evolve, small structures called motifs often emerge. We developed methods to decipher the rules for how these motif building blocks cluster and connect in ...