When you think architecture, you’re probably thinking blueprints, slide rules, maybe a compass or something, I don’t know. But it turns out some of our animal brethren can hold their own when it comes to building stuff, and they don’t have any of those fancy tools! They have, like, their mouths!
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[Truth or Fail]
Blinds: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171130122759.htm
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201703653
Algae: https://earthbuddies.net/algae-curtain/
Electric Bacteria: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/electric-bacteria-create-currents-out-thin-and-thick-air#:~:text=Generating%20electricity%20from%20thin%20air,there's%20moisture%20in%20the%20air.
[Fact Off]
Crystal in hornet nests
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2001/06/mystery-hornets-nest
https://geology.com/minerals/ilmenite.shtml
https://www.nature.com/articles/35079679
https://books.google.com/books?id=If229i4wRQEC&pg=PA25
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jemt.20168
Neolamprologus obscurus burrows
https://www.popsci.com/fish-teamwork-snare-shrimp/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-018-2566-7
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180306101713.htm
[Ask the Science Couch]
Concrete & environmental impacts
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46455844
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/25/concrete-the-most-destructive-material-on-earth
https://constructionclimatechallenge.com/2016/07/07/green-building-materials-that-are-alternatives-to-concrete/
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/04/making-concrete-green-reinventing-the-worlds-most-used-synthetic-material
https://www.ny-engineers.com/blog/how-can-concrete-construction-be-greener
[Butt One More Thing]
Japanese transparent public toilet
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/08/17/shigeru-ban-transparent-toyko-toilet-shibuya
https://tokyotoilet.jp/en/