Michael Pawlyn is an architect and director of Exploration Architecture Ltd. Before setting up his own practice he worked at Grimshaw for ten years and was central to the team that radically re-invented horticultural architecture for the Eden Project. He lectures widely on the subject of sustainable design in the UK and abroad.

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About the Author Introduction Chapter 1: Aligning with Ecosystems Chapter
2: Rethinking materials Chapter 3: Building more efficient structures
Chapter 4: Manging water to restore our connection with nature Chapter 5:
Controlling our thermal environment Chapter 6: What can biology teach us
about light and colour? Chapter 7: How will we power our buildings? Chapter
8: Synthesis Applying Biomimicry: Practice Guide for Architects Glossary
Acknowledgements Index Image Credits

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