The inside of a termite mound stays at near-constant temperature and humidity, no matter how wet, dry, scorching or freezing it might be outside.
Office blocks modeled on termite nests and buildings that can resist climate change have been the focus at a conference by some of Australia's most influential designers in Melbourne.
Not the ugly color of a termite!
Turnerand Soar believe that termite mounds instead tap turbulence in the gusts of wind that hit them.
Fifty years ago, a slender young Englishwoman was walking through a rainforest reserve at Gombe, in Tanzania, when she came across a dark figure hunched over a termite nest.
The first was too worm - like, looking like a bloated queen termite.
When planning the Eastgate Shopping Center and office block in Harare, Zimbabwe, architect Mike Pearce studied the structure of termite mounds.
Interesting Fact: the structure's shape is modeled after the tallest structure not made by man - African termite nests.
Not even a termite can digest cellulose.
Said to be one of the safest houses in the world; fire, flood, termite resistant, and aesthetically repellant-the spiny roof and bug-eyed Windows are sure to keep burglars out!
A double rainbow frames termite mounds in Australia's grasslands.
The setup is like a termite hill providing natural ventilation just by set up with ground pipes and a solar tower.
Geonosian aesthetics and architecture were based on the immense termite mounds found in Africa, infused with Gothic and art nouveau sensibilities by the art Department.
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