Burj Khalifa -- A Big Example of Biomimetics

Biomimetics is the science, and art, of taking inspiration from nature to solve engineering challenges in human technology. Here's a big illustration -- very big, in fact at 2,722 feet the tallest building in the world, Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

A neat video from Real Engineering observes that the move to taller and taller skyscrapers is likely to continue as relevant engineering problems are solved. In the case of the Burj Khalifa, they took inspiration for the trifold footprint of the structu...