biotecturen.
/ˈbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌtɛktʃə/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌtɛk(t)ʃər/ The use of living plants as an integral part of the design of buildings. Also occasionally: the plants themselves.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > manner of construction > specific
post and pan1517
superedification1610
superstructing1654
trabeation1831
post and petrail1867
post and tan1890
skeleton construction1891
flat-slab construction1906
unit construction1909
prefabrication1932
site assembly1941
sandwich construction1944
post and panel1954
prefabbing1954
post and beam1958
jettying1963
system building1964
biotecture1966
timber-framing1967
post and plaster1997
Passivhaus1998
1966 R. Doernach in Archit. Design Feb. 95/3 We can build live, dynamic, mobile, fantastic, environmental systems, we have the energy, systems knowledge and materials available. Live biotecture is the greatest challenge to industrial man.
1981 W. Gibson in Omni 4 No. 1. 114/2 Big fights over these vines at the biotecture meetings, American ecologists screaming about possible nitrogen shortfalls.
1996 Independent on Sunday 11 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 62/1 The façades will be clothed in ‘biotecture’—deciduous greenery that supplies shade and cooling in summer but dies away in winter to let in warmth and light.
2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 233 By using exterior landscaping, including plantings, vines and trellises, biotecture creates a natural form of insulation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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