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(THE CONVERSATION) Morningside Park, a beloved neighborhood park in Miami with sweeping views of Biscayne Bay, will soon pilot an innovative approach to coastal resilience.
These elegant ideas will take your cooking—and entertaining—to the next level. 2025 is the year of statement kitchen tiles. While classic subway tiles are still holding strong, interior designers are ...
Peel-and-stick tiles work best on smooth surfaces, and if you do plan to apply them over bumpy surfaces such as existing textured tile or wide grout lines, know that the texture is likely to show ...
Scientists in Singapore have created special wall tiles made from fungi that could help cool buildings naturally, without using electricity. These “fungi tiles” are inspired by the way elephants stay ...
Building on this proven insulating property, the NTU Singapore team worked with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA to add a bumpy, wrinkly texture to the tile, mimicking an elephant’s ...
Developed by our team of architects and marine biologists at Florida International University, the uniquely textured prototype tiles are designed to test a new approach for helping cities such as ...
Unlike the flat, lifeless surfaces of typical concrete seawalls, each BIOCAP tile is designed with shaded grooves, crevices and small, water-holding pockets. These textured features mimic natural ...