Scientists Are Growing Sustainable Buildings From Fungi Now
Sustainable buildings from ‘shrooms: Scientists can grow a complex structure from a single, flexible, knitted form containing mycelium, the underground roots of fungi.
Sustainable buildings from ‘shrooms: Scientists can grow a complex structure from a single, flexible, knitted form containing mycelium, the underground roots of fungi.
The stunning piece of green building architecture you’re looking at here is called the Rainbow Tree Residential Tower, and its architect claims that, once (if?) built, the 377-foot timber tower would bring more than 30,000 new plants, shrubs, and trees to the skyline of Cebu, Philippines.
Here are some of the latest sustainable architectural projects coming out of Texas, California, and Singapore.
CODE architecture students not only design but construct climate-oriented, resource-saving, and affordable projects in Bolivia, Iraq, Chile, and Europe.
Creating buildings with the lowest possible energy consumption and carbon emission production, while still being aesthetically pleasing, is a challenge bringing together great minds to change the way we think about our living and working spaces.
Want to travel in Europe and feel satisfied that you are doing your best to be eco-conscious?
This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou, journalist at The Beam, interviewed Dr. Barbara Buchner and Dr. Frank Heinlein.