November 30th, 2023 marked the second anniversary of joining forces with B+H Architects to create B+H Biomimicry. To celebrate, we thought it’d be a good opportunity to reflect on our journey so far by sharing some highlights and painting a picture of our vision for the future. Over the past two years, our journey has been driven by a profound motivation to redefine the relationship between the built and natural worlds. The decision to join B+H and the larger SJ Group was one where we recognized that the influence, breadth of talent, and global reach were key ingredients to catalyzing a movem ..read more

Originally Published in https://www.eco-business.com/news/taking-cues-from-nature-in-urban-design/ Major corporations are now embracing the art and science of designing based on nature. Biomimicry expert Dr Jamie Miller shares why adopting such design principles in buildings and urban planning is a positive step forward. Project with CABN.co of a bio-inspired off-grid community being developed in Canada Nature is the planet’s most creative, and by default, greenest designer, and has inspired humankind to come up with better solutions since the dawn of time. “Just take a look at flow ..read more

B+H Welcomes New Director of Biomimicry, growing firm’s Global Sustainability + Resilience Platform From the very beginning, our mission has been “to make it better, naturally”. We are extremely passionate about building a deeply sustainable world by working with, and leveraging, the genius of nature. Since 2017, we have been fortunate to work on some amazing projects with some incredible partners. This has included award-winning master plans in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and across Canada. We have helped design sustainable buildings in Asia and North America. We have p ..read more

Today’s problems will not be solved with the same thinking that has created them. This is why, now more than ever, we need a bold paradigm that steps out of traditional thinking and draws inspiration from the only true model of sustainability - the only system that has figured out how to thrive on this planet for nearly four-billion years. Nature. OVERVIEW: Starting in July 2022, we are launching our first full Biomimicry Excursion in partnership with Canadian Mountain Helicopters. For four days, we will explore some of the most remote and beautiful places on earth to uncover the genius of n ..read more

Biomimicry Frontiers will be closed on September 30th for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation asks that we take time this week to reflect on “What does Truth and Reconciliation Mean to You?” To us? Truth and reconciliation are key to our work. Our Elder once humbly shared that her people, “have been doing biomimicry for thousands of years”. Biomimicry is rooted in the ideas of Indigenous Peoples. Without those thousands of years of research and development, our very field may not exist. Without their guidance, our very species are at ..read more

Help build a “World Changing” idea (Fast Company, 2019) At Biomimicry Frontiers, we are addressing climate change - the biggest challenge of our generation - by drawing on the genius of nature. Since 2017, we’ve been creating award-winning, regenerative designs around the world. And now we want to inspire other sustainable leaders to do the same through the Biomimicry Commons community platform. The Biomimicry Commons is the fertile ground for next generation thinkers to access their creative potential, transform their design lens, and think, behave, and create from a paradigm that’s inspire ..read more

Life is cyclical. As it grows, it eventually decays. As it lives, it must also die. And it is through this cycle of release that things can be reconfigured and regenerated.   As part of our submission to the Lagi Fly Ranch 2020 submission, we propose a design that is a reflection of natural cycles. Its structure is designed to decay to allow regrowth. It thrives despite death. It invites participants to engage with it, to plant on it, to use the winding ivy or the sprouting weeds to create structure. And when those plants die off with the season, our structure celebrates that release ..read more

This month, Biomimicry Frontiers put the finishing touches on a beloved project by installing the final piece of art at Tridel’s Form Building in the heart of Toronto. Biomimicry was a part of the design concept from the very beginning. In collaboration with OCAD students, we reimagined the FORM building using our Design Fiction methodology. As part of this process, students created various designs ranging from an air-filtering building facade inspired by the lungless salamander and the sea sponge, to a heat loss detection and response system inspired by the human ..read more

When I think of cities, I think of sterile environments full of concrete, brick, and glass structures that tower towards the sky. When I think of wood structures, I become more whimsical, imagining cozy log cabins and adventurous treehouses. Recently, these two worlds have begun to merge and architects and planners are asking themselves: why can’t we have high-rises in our cities that are built out of wood? CBC’s popular environmental newsletter, What on Earth, has highlighted the numerous benefits of making high-rises out of wood. To begin, it would greatly reduce emissions linked to steel a ..read more

Come work for a “World Changing” company (Fast Company, 2019) At Biomimicry Frontiers, we are addressing climate change - the biggest challenge of our generation - by drawing on the genius of nature. As consultants, we leverage biomimicry, biophilia, and ecological engineering to help create award-winning, leading-edge strategies that fit their natural environments. In 2019, Fast Company called us a “World Changing Idea” for our collection of services and our mission to make it better, naturally.  We know that we are only as good as the team that drives us. That’s why we are looking for ..read more