Dark Sky Biophilic Design
I’ve always had a complicated relationship with darkness. Growing up in Seattle, those long winter nights felt oppressive at times – but there was also something magical about how the…
What Is Biophilic Design? A Beginner’s Guide
I was sitting in this medical clinic waiting room in Seattle – you know the type, all beige walls and buzzing fluorescents that make everyone look half-dead. But something felt…
Elevating the Urban Experience: The Power of Biophilic Design in High-Rise Buildings
Standing at the base of what looked like any other glass and steel tower in downtown Singapore last year, I had no idea I was about to experience something that…
Creating the Perfect Biophilic Nook: A Personal Journey to Inviting Nature into Intimate Spaces
A small, cozy corner in your home or workplace can provide an unparalleled sense of tranquility. Here, you can create a retreat that allows you to momentarily escape from the…
Biophilic Reverie: Crafting Spaces That Nurture the Soul
Nature has a way of producing perfect moments—when the light is just so, the temperature impeccable, and a feeling of calm envelops you. At such times, it seems as though…
Creating a Biophilic Living Room: Integrating Nature for Wellness and Comfort
For me, designing a biophilic living room goes beyond simply populating the room with plants. It’s about something deeper—tapping into our almost genetic proclivity to connect with the natural world.…
Merging Nature with Functionality: A Deep Dive into Biophilic Industrial Design
When people envision industrial buildings—factories, warehouses, massive production plants—they mainly picture the raw materials of construction: concrete, steel, and exposed plumbing. They certainly are functional spaces, and they do provide…
Crafting Spaces for Mind and Nature: Insights into Biophilic Library Design
As a designer, I have always been particularly intrigued by libraries. They are not merely structures containing a sizable number of tomes; they are the very crux of understanding, education,…
Biophilic Urban Furniture: Transforming Our Cities into Green Havens
The streets of contemporary metropolises are a mesmerizing tapestry of existence, of sheer human energy and creativity, and of built forms that forever flirt with gravity. Indeed, even the gravity-defying…
Reimagining Urban Living: The Promise of Biophilic Towers
Inhabitants of the world’s urban centers can become cut off from nature. Nature doesn’t seem to have much place in the glass and concrete behemoths that rise over much of…
The Biophilic Kitchen: How Nature Transforms the Heart of the Home
The first time I heard about biophilic design, it felt like a light bulb moment: I had always known this, but I had never articulated it before. My mother has…
Creating the Ultimate Biophilic Game Room: Where Nature Meets Play
There’s something magic about walking into a space that carries both the calm of nature and the thrill of play. When I design spaces meant for leisure, relaxation, and entertainment,…
Infusing Natural Biophilic Elements into Everyday Spaces: A Journey of Discovery
I always think back to a small cafe I found during a trip to a coastal town when reflecting on spaces that inject life into our everyday environments. The cafe…
Designing Biophilic Universities: Creating Campus Environments that Nurture Minds and Nature
Experiencing a university campus that has adopted biophilic design is something unique. From the moment you step onto such a campus, you can sense the immediate and vital link between…
Crafting a Biophilic Utopia: Where Nature and Design Harmonize
I am captivated by the dream of biophilic utopia—that deserted cities will be transformed into biophilic ones, full of an abundant intertwining of flora and fauna, right in the urban…