Michael Pawlyn

Exploration Architecture’s work was exhibited in a solo exhibition, at The Architecture Foundation in 2014.

The Mountain Data Centre: A concept for ultra-low energy data centre based on principles of efficient branching systems in biology referred to as Murray’s Law

· Michael Pawlyn (2016) Biomimicry in Architecture (second edition) with a foreword by Dame Ellen MacArthur, London, RIBA Publications

· Michael Pawlyn (2016) Ecosystems as a unifying model for cities and industry, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (ed.) A New Dynamic 2: Effective systems in a circular economy, Cowes, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Publishing, pp 63–85

At TED Salon London, November 2011, Michael Pawlyn became one of the small number of architects to have a talk posted to TED. His presentation, in which he describes how biomimicry could help transform architecture and society, has been viewed over 1.5 million times.

· Michael Pawlyn (2011) Biomimicry in Architecture (first edition) with a foreword by Jonathon Porritt, London, RIBA Publications

In 2007 he established Exploration Architecture to develop work that employs biomimicry as a guiding principal and brings together three lifelong passions - biology, design and the environment.

After graduating in Architecture from The Bartlett, University College London, Pawlyn worked in London and Japan before returning to complete his studies at the University of Bath. He worked briefly as a researcher on television documentaries before joining Haworth Tompkins Architects. In 1997 Michael Pawlyn became part of the Grimshaw Architects' team to work on the Eden Project. This innovative scheme, conceived by Tim Smit, radically transformed a Kaolinite pit into a complex of adjoining Biomes that created sustainable environments for Rainforest and Mediterranean plant species.

Michael Pawlyn (born 30 September 1967) is a British architect noted for his work in the field biomimetic architecture and innovation. He was part of the principal team of architects that conceived and designed The Eden Project and is a regular keynote speaker at events on innovation and environmental sustainability. His best selling RIBA book Biomimicry in Architecture was published in 2011 and a revised second edition, with a foreword by Ellen MacArthur, was published in 2016. He was one of the three founders of The Sahara Forest Project - a way of supplying fresh water, food and renewable energy in arid conditions - and remains actively involved as a Founding Partner and Design Manager.