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Biomimic Building
By Robin Koontz
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Nature - inspired building designs, materials, and systems can provide better ways for people to thrive in their environments. Learn how designers and engineers use biomimicry to come up with safer, more sustainable, and energy efficient buildings. This title supports NGSS for Engineering Design.
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Robin Koontz
Robin Koontz is a freelance author/illustrator/designer of a wide variety of nonfiction and fiction books. Raised in Maryland and Alabama, Robin now lives with her husband in the Coast Range of western Oregon.
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