The Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, is a shining example of biomimicry. This naturally cooled green building, designed by architect Mick Pearce, models its ventilation system on the cooling ...

What’s Eastgate Centre’s secret? Termites. In the 1990s, ... The air conditioning system of the Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, was inspired by termites’ nests.

Due to its innovative design, The Eastgate Centre costs substantially less and uses a considerably lower amount of energy than a comparable air-conditioned building.

STEWARD Bank, Zimbabwe’s largest bank by depositors, has opened a dedicated remittance centre in Harare which caters for both international and local remittances. The state-of-the-art remittance ...

From the Shinkansen bullet train in Tokyo inspired by the kingfisher to the Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe inspired by the termite mound, nature has been a major part of human developments.