# Using nature's genius in architecture

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon London 2010
- Speaker: Michael Pawlyn
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun.

## Lectures

1. [Using nature's genius in architecture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture/f929c1768b11), 14 min (TED's player)