Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Granada have found a way to speed up the architectural design of vaults and ...

Though now extinct, ammonoids (a group of marine mollusks with shells) evolved for 350 million years, always with a tendency toward increasingly elaborate shell structures. Scientists have studied ...

Courtesy of Tonkin Liu. Similar to the ways seashells gain their strength from optimized curvilinear geometry, Shell Lace Structure takes advantage of these forms to provide added stiffness as a ...

In the annals of design, seashells have a great pedigree. They inspired ancient architects to add those graceful spiral flourishes to the tops of their Grecian columns. The nautilus shell influence… ...

The University of Michigan’s DART Laboratory has unveiled a new product called Shell Wall—which the organization describes as the first lightweight, freeform 3D printed and structurally reinforced ...

Superstar California architect Frank Gehry on Wednesday unveiled his design for a band shell in Chicago’s Grant Park, a highly sculptural form topped by ribbons of stainless steel that suggest ...