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What Can Architectural Practice Learn From Botany?

Agustina Iñiguez — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

While human life depends heavily on plants for the medicines, building materials, and fuel they provide, they also play a vital role in many ecological processes. From climate regulation through carbon dioxide absorption to soil fertility and the purification of air and water, plant diversity offers opportunities to address some of the most pressing challenges of this century, including food security, energy availability, climate change, and habitat degradation. In this context, botanical gardens act as living refuges that foster innovation, adaptation, and human resilience. But what can architectural practice learn from botany and its methods?

Shamballa Opens in Italy as a 3D-Printed Research Site Exploring Self-Sufficient Sustainable Living

Antonia Piñeiro — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Shamballa, an 8-hectare open-air laboratory and research site dedicated to sustainable living and advanced architectural 3D printing, was inaugurated on June 8, 2026, in the hills of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. The project is a collaboration between WASP, a 3D printing technology company, and Olfattiva, an aromatherapy and botanical perfumery company, hosting a makers laboratory, a medicinal botanical garden, and "Itaca," a self-sufficient farm built using 3D printing. The building was designed as a model for 3D-printed construction, representing a certified and replicable structure. The outdoor areas host research and development centers, forming an experimental "ecosystem" to develop new ideas in bio-construction and sustainable living, along with automated gardens, rainwater harvesting systems, and initiatives focused on micro circular economies.

Reed Hilderbrand and SO-IL Reimagine San Antonio Botanical Garden with New Pollinator Habitat and Greenhouse

Antonia Piñeiro — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 05:30:00 +0000

Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture firm has unveiled images of its strategic master plan for Texas' San Antonio Botanical Garden, in the United States. The plan is designed to guide the future of this public landscape, reflecting long-term objectives focused on accessibility, conservation, and horticultural education. The vision includes a new horticultural campus and a public greenhouse for the site, designed by SO-IL, an architectural design firm based in New York whose 450 Warren housing project in Brooklyn was selected by ArchDaily's audience as the Building of the Year 2024 in the Housing category. The master plan aims at a more ecologically sustainable environment while enhancing the visitor experience across the garden's 38-acre landscape.

Palmer Museum Building: Set to Open on the 1st of June 2024 in Pennsylvania

Nour Fakharany — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:30:00 +0000

The new building as part of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is set to open its doors on June 1, 2024. The new 6,600 sqm building is situated in The Arboretum at Penn State, intended to enhance accessibility and offer a new range of amenities while doubling the space of the current gallery to host a growing collection of more than 10,000 pieces. Designed by Allied Works and landscape architect Reed Hilderbrand, the new space features 20 art galleries, improved educational and event spaces, a museum store, a café, a sculpture path, and outdoor terraces.

MB House / Miguel Pinto Guimarães Arquitetos Associados

Valeria Silva — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000

MB House is part of our endless search for the essence of the Brazilian house. In a very compact plot, which is urban but also surrounded by the forest, the architectural design works as a frame for this scenario. Framed by a straight shaped concrete box, totally focused on the views (Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in front, and the Christ and the Tijuca Forest in the back), the architecture stretches itself to take full advantage of them.

Atelier Horto / Siqueira + Azul Arquitetura

Andreas Luco — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Originally consisting of an existing construction divided in two blocks, the project’s scope encompassed the creation of a space to house an art studio along with the artist’s archive, as well as social and leisure areas. The production studio was structured on the block towards the back, which fulfilled the necessary functions.

Houston's First Botanic Garden Opens as a Museum of Plants

Eric Baldwin — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000

Dutch landscape architecture and design firm West 8 has unveiled the first phase of Houston's first ever Botanic Garden in Texas. Designed to be a "museum of plants", the project features evolving collections to inform scientists, tourists and horticulturalists alike. Conceived over twenty years ago by locals, the project has been developed on an island in the city’s expansive Bayou system.

Pulse Office Building / Jacobsen Arquitetura

Andreas Luco — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Located in Jardim Botânico, one of Rio de Janeiro's lushest neighborhoods, the PULSE building houses business offices, featuring unit/area flexibility, common meeting spaces, an auditorium and a rooftop coffee shop overlooking the Christ the Redeemer statue. Commercial spaces facing the street and with underground parking are located on the ground floor. The aesthetic intention was to create an object foreign to the surroundings, as a counterpoint to neighboring buildings. This was achieved in terms of shape, materials and colors, indicating a moment of requalification of the neighborhood, which already is presenting a sense of modernization in terms of infrastructure, local shops and real estate.

A Data Center in South Korea and a Refurbished Georgian Theater: 10 Unbuilt Projects Submitted by our Readers

Christele Harrouk — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:35:00 +0000

Highlighting proposals presented in international competitions, this week’s selection of Best Unbuilt Architecture combines various functions, diverse conceptual approaches, and innovative ideas. Submitted by our readers, these projects include an awarded pavilion in Vietnam, a cantilevered-bridge proposal in New York, and a sustainable botanical center in Poland, amongst others from all over the globe.

Pacheco Leão AL Residence / Ateliê de Arquitetura

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:00:00 +0000

The program of this house, located in a closed condominium of family residences in Horto neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, had as the main guideline the simplicity, thermal comfort and practicality, without losing the contemporaneous aesthetic and relation with green areas.

THAD and Sutherland Hussey Harris Design the National Botanical Museum in Kunming China

Christele Harrouk — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:37:00 +0000

Located in Kunming, the city of “Three Mountains, One Lake”, the National Botanical Museum designed by THAD and Sutherland Hussey Harris, embodies the fusion and integration with nature on many different levels.

ONOFFICE Awarded First Prize for Botanical Park in Cyprus

Eric Baldwin — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Design practice ONOFFICE environmental architecture was awarded first prize in the competition to restore Germanina Estate in Western Cyprus. The competition aimed to rehabilitate the estate and incorporate a listed 19th century agricultural complex into the contemporary urban life of Gerospikou.

The New York Botanical Garden Opens Expansive Show on Roberto Burle Marx

Jane Levere — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000

The New York Botanical Garden’s new summer exhibition, Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx, celebrates the influential Brazilian Modernist landscape architect, plant explorer, conservationist, and artist Roberto Burle Marx.

Wyndham Garden Hotel / N2B Arquitetura

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Ribeirão Preto is a country city of the state of São Paulo of great importance in the areas of economy, tourism, education, research and, mainly, in the business area. The city hosts major events such as the National Book Fair of Ribeirão Preto, the Agrishow and the João Rock festival, which attract both national and international audiences.

Competition Winning Scheme Weaves Kindergarten and Nature Together

Tessa Forde — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:00:00 +0000

Winning the Italian Ministry of Education's design competition: Scuole Innovative, AS.IN.O is a proposal for a kindergarten and botanical gardens inspired by local materiality and historic context. The team from aut- -aut in Italy, comprised of Gabriele Capobianco, Edoardo Capuzzo Dolcetta, Jonathan Lazar and Damiano Ranaldi, based the layout of the scheme on the typical double courtyard house typology of the Campidano Meridionale area.