Editing Phyllotaxis (section)

==In art and architecture==

Phyllotaxis has been used as an inspiration for a number of sculptures and architectural designs. Akio Hizume has built and exhibited several bamboo towers based on the Fibonacci sequence which exhibit phyllotaxis.<ref>{{cite web| title=Star Cage | url=http://www.starcage.org/englishindex.html | author=Akio Hizume | access-date=18 November 2012 }}</ref> Saleh Masoumi has proposed a design for an apartment building in which the apartment [[balcony|balconies]] project in a spiral arrangement around a central axis and none shade the balcony of the apartment directly beneath.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=World Architecture News.com|date=11 Dec 2012|title=Open to the elements|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=21413}}</ref>