He's a leading architect. He understands the role biomimicry plays in building design. ANDY ERSTAD, FOUNDING PARTNER, ARCHITECT: Gosh, nature and architecture, they are synonymous in my mind.

In the final chapter in our Biomimicry Challenge ... Richard Graves, vice president of community for the U.S. Green Building Council, said he was skeptical at first that having IDEO take a ...

Architecture that uses biomimicry, permaculture and related practices to keep nature in our building spaces offers a green alternative. B+H Architects Director of Biomimicry Jamie Miller is an ...

Ways in which the tree resists high winds and water may be adapted into building design. Already, HOK has brought biologists trained by the Biomimicry Guild to Lavasa, a series of villages known ...

It also has a wide range of applications in architecture, building services, and even city-wide air quality sensors. Research ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about innovation, finance, energy, climate and sustainability. It’s well established that urban environments are ...

Biomimicry has inspired numerous commercial products and individual building projects, and the new alliance between the Biomimicry Guild and HOK has the potential to dramatically expand its scale and ...

Biomimicry 101 is being sponsored by Breaking Ground Contracting and the Florida Green Building Coalition. It’s a powerful philosophy being used by businesses to tackle some of the ...