You know, after thirty-eight years in the same house, I’ve watched our suburban neighborhood change in ways that don’t always make sense. More pavement, fewer trees, houses built right up…
When I first heard the term “biophilic design” about five years ago, I’ll admit I thought it sounded like another fancy architectural trend that would eventually fade away. But after…
When I started tracking my productivity metrics six years ago, I had no idea I’d end up deep in research about architectural design principles. But when you’re spending 8-10 hours…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about something that struck me during a recent doctor’s appointment. The waiting room was one of those typical medical office spaces – fluorescent lights…
When I sit in my greenhouse these days, watching my wife tend to her winter herbs and listening to the small fountain I installed last year, it strikes me how…
I’ll be honest – before I started optimizing my home office, I thought architecture was just about making buildings look nice. Then I read some research about how physical environments…
When I started optimizing my home office for productivity a few years back, I was mainly focused on personal metrics – focus time, task completion rates, mental fatigue levels. What…
I’ll be honest – when I first heard about formal certification programs for biophilic design a few years back, my initial reaction was skeptical. Here I was, a retired engineer…
Living in the same house for nearly four decades gives you a front-row seat to how communities grow and change around you. What started as farmland beyond our back fence…
So here’s something I never thought I’d be writing about – faux leather in a nature-inspired home. I know, I know. It sounds completely contradictory. When I first started getting…
When I started tracking the correlation between my workspace environment and productivity metrics, I stumbled into something bigger than just optimizing my home office. The data kept pointing to patterns…
When I first started optimizing my home office setup, I’ll admit I was focused on the obvious stuff – ergonomic chair, fast internet, decent monitor. Natural light wasn’t even on…
I never thought I’d be the parent obsessing over whether my kids' bedroom lighting was affecting their mood, but here we are. It started when my daughter was going through…
So here’s something that bugs me every time I visit our company’s main office for quarterly meetings: the complete disconnection from anything natural. Fluorescent lighting, beige walls, zero plants, no…
# Getting Creative With Biophilic Design – What Actually Works (And What Doesn’t) I have this memory that’s probably going to sound cheesy, but bear with me. Last spring I…