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…
Restorative room design: Healing Spaces Indoors
My grandmother used to say that rooms had moods, and honestly? She wasn’t wrong. Walking into certain spaces, you can feel it immediately – that instant sense of whether a…
Biophilic theory: Understanding Nature-Inspired Design
My contractor friend Mike called me last Tuesday morning, frustrated as hell. He’d been working on this upscale medical office renovation for three months, and the architects kept throwing around…
Biophilic Singapore: The City Embracing Nature-Based Design
Standing on the observation deck of Marina Bay Sands last month, I couldn’t help but grin like an idiot. Here I was, forty stories above one of the world’s most…
Regenerative vs sustainable design: Key Differences Explained
My coffee mug sits next to a small succulent I rescued from a conference three years ago – one of those corporate sustainability events where they hand out promotional plants…
Timothy beatley biophilic cities: A Complete Guide
I stumbled across Timothy Beatley’s work on biophilic cities during one of those late-night research binges that happen when you’re redesigning a healthcare facility and nothing feels right. I’d been…
Regenerative urban design: Cities That Regenerate
Walking through Copenhagen last summer, I couldn’t help but notice something remarkable happening in the Ørestad district. What struck me wasn’t just the green roofs or the bicycle infrastructure –…