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Is there a danger that in inventing protocells we are turning away too quickly from nature's own ‘beautifully engineered self‐assembly system’? Bill Watts, a partner at Max Fordham Consulting Engineers, asks us to take another look at the possibilities of biology for creating a wholly sustainable architecture that takes its aesthetic prompts from natural forms. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Is there a danger that in inventing protocells we are turning away too quickly from nature's own ‘beautifully engineered self‐assembly system’? Bill Watts, a partner at Max Fordham Consulting Engineers, asks us to take another look at the possibilities of biology for creating a wholly sustainable architecture that takes its aesthetic prompts from natural forms. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Bettering Biology?
Watts, Bill (author)
Architectural Design ; 81 ; 128-134
2011-03-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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