Biophilic design in office: Boosting Productivity with Nature
Three months ago, my friend Marcus called me completely frazzled. His startup had just moved into this sterile glass box downtown – you know the type, all concrete and fluorescent…
Biophilic design project: Case Studies and Inspiration
Walking through the Amazon Spheres in Seattle last Tuesday, I couldn’t help but think about my own journey with nature-integrated design. Here I was, standing inside what’s essentially a giant…
Biophilic design for interiors: Natural Ideas for Every Room
Walking through my current apartment, I can’t help but smile at what visitors sometimes call my “indoor jungle.” What started as a desperate pandemic renovation has become a living laboratory…
Biophilic design London: Nature in the City
Walking through Southwark last Tuesday, I stumbled across something that made me stop dead in my tracks. There, wedged between a Costa and a mobile phone repair shop, was this…
Regenerative design in practice: Applying Theory to Reality
Three weeks ago, I found myself standing in what used to be a concrete parking lot behind a community center in Oakland, watching a group of teenagers install their first…
Regenerative thermal oxidizer design: A Complete Guide
Last Tuesday, I found myself in the basement of a plastics manufacturing facility outside Detroit, staring at what looked like a massive metal labyrinth. The plant manager, Dave, was explaining…
Regenerative design examples: Projects That Inspire
I’ll never forget the first time I walked through the Eden Project in Cornwall. It was 2019, and I’d been invited to consult on a hospital healing garden in Bristol.…
Dashner design and restoration: A Complete Guide
Last month, I got a call from a woman in Portland whose voice cracked when she described her grandmother’s house. The place had been in the family for three generations…
Regenerative design training: Programs for Architects
Three months ago, I found myself sitting in a conference room with twelve other architects, all of us clutching coffee cups like lifelines at 7 AM. We’d gathered for what…
Restore design trends: Nature-Inspired Practices
Standing in my friend Maya’s recently renovated kitchen last Tuesday, I had one of those moments where everything clicks. She’d been struggling with this space for months – the previous…
Biophilic garden: Outdoor Spaces That Connect with Nature
The morning sun was hitting my hydroponic wall system at just the right angle when I noticed something peculiar happening in my apartment. Mrs. Chen from downstairs – you know,…
Restore design company: A Complete Guide
Someone called me last Tuesday asking if I could help them find a “restore design company” – whatever that meant. Honestly, I had to pause for a second because I…
Restoration design works: Case Studies
Three months ago, I stood in the lobby of what used to be a 1920s bank in downtown Portland, watching my client’s face as natural light flooded through windows that…
Restorative spa design: Nature-Inspired Relaxation
The client walked into our first consultation carrying a crumpled magazine clipping and wearing the kind of exhausted expression I’d seen too many times before. She ran a small wellness…
Biophilic trends: What’s Next in Nature-Inspired Design
Last Tuesday, my client’s eight-year-old daughter asked me why the new office building “felt sad.” We were standing in the lobby of a recently completed commercial space downtown – all…