Plated, retractable, scaled; the armadillo’s skin/protective system is very interesting. The armadillo is the only mammal that has bone and skin intertwined in a exterior network of scutes. read more
Ants are facinating little creatures. So we all know ants can carry 10 times their own body weight but who knew that they were capable of creating these networks of space some 10 feet deep under ground? read more
The top of China’s “bird’s nest” Olympic stadium is open to the elements, and therefore the government has ordered the Beijing Meteorological Bureau to make sure it won’t rain during the games. The Bureau has already had some success preventing light rain, but heavy rain is harder to control. read more
In recent years, our daily newspapers and nightly news programs have grown more urgent in warning us about melting ice caps, stronger hurricanes and higher-than-average temperatures as a result of global warming. read more
Overcrowding never looked so attractive. As part of the Tate Modern’s current exhibition, Global Cities, on display in the gallery’s vast Turbine Hall, is a series of intriguing “density models”. The plywood structures were created by a team of designers and architects at the London School Of Economics, led by Professor Richard Burdett. The models are shaped around the outlines of each city, with each layer of plywood representing an extra 200 people per square kilometre. We spoke to the team behind their creation… read more
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have found a way of using sunlight to recycle carbon dioxide and produce fuels like methanol or gasoline. read more
The main street of suburban Vallecas outside Madrid is slated for a facelift. The city council decided it needed more greenery and more social activity in the street, and so they launched a competition a few years back to find a team who could creatively fill both voids. read more
The plan Stuttgart 21 seeks to provide new public spaces in the city and improve the rail infrastructure, particularly through a new central station buried, a project of German Christoph Ingenhoven, I, Dusseldorf (Germany). As a German, this project presents a profound work towards sustainability, not only in terms of energy savings, but also by the management of resources, the creation of new parks, and the integration of the existing urban fabric and old buildings, read more
Architects Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher have chosen the Thames Gateway as a testing ground in which to evolve new ways of approaching large-scale urban developments. The Thames Gateway is an area stretching eastwards from East London on both banks of the river Thames; it has been hailed as Europe’s largest urban regeneration project. read more
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