A couple years ago, our youngest daughter asked if she could bring her eight-year-old son over for dinner more often. He’d been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder the year before,…
Okay, so I’m not a therapist or anything, but I’ve been going down this rabbit hole about how plants and natural light actually affect mental health, especially for kids and…
I never expected to learn one of my most important parenting lessons while pulling waterlogged drywall out of a stranger’s kitchen. But there I was, three weeks after Hurricane Florence…
When my wife was recovering from her stroke eight years ago, I started noticing things I’d never paid attention to before. How the quality of light in a room affected…
After my wife’s stroke eight years ago, I learned firsthand how design choices that seem minor can create major barriers for people with mobility or sensory challenges. We had to…
About six years ago, I was helping renovate the fellowship hall at our church when I had one of those moments that makes you stop and really pay attention. We’d…
I was looking out our kitchen window yesterday morning, watching a cardinal work through the seed heads in the small raised bed I built for my wife three years ago.…
# Why Healthcare Buildings Make Me Feel Better (Or Worse): What I’ve Learned About Nature’s Role in Medical Spaces You know how some places just make you feel awful the…
I never thought I’d become the kind of parent who gets excited about library architecture, but here we are. It started when my daughter was struggling with reading focus and…
I never thought I’d become the kind of dad who researches gazebo construction techniques, but here we are. It started when my kids kept asking to build a “secret hideout”…
Okay, so I’ve been seeing these photos on Instagram lately of high-rise buildings that look absolutely nothing like my sad pre-war brick box, and I had to dig into what’s…
Look, between work deadlines and managing two kids, I never thought I’d become the kind of person who talks about “forest bathing” without feeling ridiculous. But here we are. After…
I’ll be honest – I used to be that dad who’d drive to the closest playground with the newest equipment, thinking I was doing right by my kids. You know…
Imagine waking up to a world where your clothes do more than just cover you; they connect you with nature and help sustain it. That’s the ethos behind biophilic textiles, an innovative approach marrying the love for life with sustainable fabric choices inspired by the environment around us. These fabrics aren’t just environmentally friendly—they’re a call back to our roots in nature, designed not
Biophilic Urban Mobility is less of a mouthful and more of an exciting journey into marrying nature with our bustling city lives. Imagine, if you will, the transformation from grey to green as cities embrace solutions that make not just environmental sense but enhance our well-being too. Let’s be real; who wouldn’t prefer their morning commute filled with the sights and sounds of nature rather tha