James Rose AIA is director of the Institute for Smart Structures and a distinguished lecturer and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design. A ...

Antoine Predock, a swashbuckling architect and genuine American visionary, passed away March 2 at the age of 87 in Albuquerque, his “ spiritual home.” When not designing buildings, he could be ...

This is a summary of: Tian, J. et al. Maize smart-canopy architecture enhances yield at high densities. Nature 632, 576–584 (2024). The problem Increasing planting density has had a key role in ...

As director of the Institute for Smart Structures at the University of Tennessee, I’ve been fortunate to work on a series of projects that deploy this new technology. While some roadblocks to ...