THE next wave of modern architecture could have more in common with bones and
skeletons than bricks and mortar. A pair of architects in Britain say that giant
arches, bridges and walls made of artificial bone could be easier to design and
build than conventional structures. They have already designed a number of
structures, including a bridge, to show how their idea would work.
Chris Williams and Emma Nsugbe, architects at the University of Bath, say
that nature has come up with bones and skeletons as a solution to many of the
engineering problems that architects face, such as how…
