"Architecture Follows Nature" - Book Review
Interni - Issue 1/2, January/February 2014 (p99) - download pdf

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Book: Architecture Follows Nature - Biomimetic Principles for Innovative Design

"Act Naturally" - Architecture Follows Nature - Reviewed by Russel Fortmeyer
The Architect's Newspaper- Issue 11_12.18.2013, Dec. 2013 (p15-16) - download pdf

"Architecture Follows Nature" - Reviewed by Silvio Carta
A10 new European architecture - Issue 52, July/August 2013 (p10) - download pdf

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Book: Architecture Follows Nature - Biomimetic Principles for Innovative Design

"Architecture Follows Nature" - Reviewed by Claire Stephans Saeki

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"Architecture Follows Nature"

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Book: Architecture Follows Nature - Bimomimetic Principles for Innovative Design
Reviewed by Colleen Mahoney
Zygote Quarterly - Issue 07, Fall 2013 (p104-109)

"After looking at the genius of skin we are introduced to conceptual design solutions which Professor Mazzoleni's students have explored. Some of the design solutions in this book have merit and architects may see possibilities for design and patterns for building skins ..."

The Architectural Review
Rachel Armstrong on Biomimicry as Parametric Snake Oil

"Could the shimmering skins of exotic creatures really hold the key to sustainable architectural solutions?"

Published July 11, 2013

Design and Biology

Review by Alessandro Mendini, Architect

Published in Domus Issue #969, May 2013.

An Interview with Ilaria Mazzoleni
Zygote Quarterly - Issue 03, Fall 2012 (p110-119) - download pdf


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"Biomimicry: Innovation in Architecture Inspired by Nature"

A research program carried out at SCI-Arc by faculty member Ilaria Mazzoleni, involving a zoological approach to architecture and the design of experimental building surfaces, is featured in the February issue of Italian-magazine Domus.