beauty

An illustrated kingdom of real, fantastical plants

Why I draw with robots

Urban architecture inspired by mountains, clouds and volcanoes

My life as a work of art

Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology

Architectural secrets of the world's ancient wonders

"Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved

Why I turned Chicago's abandoned homes into art

Stunning buildings made from raw, imperfect materials

How we can design timeless cities for our collective future

How we're saving one of Earth's last wild places

How urban spaces can preserve history and build community

The journey through loss and grief

Bridges should be beautiful

The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings

You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it)

The wonderful world of life in a drop of water

What gardening taught me about life

For the love of birds

The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits

Fashion that celebrates African strength and spirit

You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse

12 truths I learned from life and writing

"The Sacred Art of the Ori"

The magic of Khmer classical dance

Why glass towers are bad for city life -- and what we need instead

How your brain decides what is beautiful

A celebration of natural hair

Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology

How human noise affects ocean habitats

A queer vision of love and marriage

Buildings that blend nature and city

The playful wonderland behind great inventions

To solve old problems, study new species

How trees talk to each other

4 ways to build a human company in the age of machines