RELATED TALKS ON TED.COM Michael Green: Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers go.ted.com/Green Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of wood. Green explains that it’s not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to thirty stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's also necessary. Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the People by the People go.ted.com/Parvin What if regular citizens could design and build their own houses? The concept is at the heart of WikiHouse, an open source construction kit that means just about anyone can build a house, anywhere. Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral go.ted.com/Heatherwick A showcase of five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary—a bus, a bridge, a power station—and one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light Bjarke Ingels: Building With Nature go.ted.com/Ingels Danish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video- mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature—they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy—and creating stunning views.
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