Biophilic design is gaining ground as designers strive for health-driven living spaces. Natural light, raw materials and greenery have moved from decorative extras to essential elements that shape ...

By focusing on natural and locally sourced materials, the Phinney Design Group ensures that projects blend seamlessly with the landscape, complementing their surroundings instead of standing out, says ...

Coloradoans love the outdoors and it shows up in home design preferences. Many Boulder County homeowners design their environments to provide outdoor living and bring the outdoors inside, enhancing ...

EU researchers are exploring the role of architecture in designing living spaces that harness the healing power of nature to improve the health and well-being of urban populations. Dr. Carmen García ...

Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” In recent years, architects and designers have taken his advice literally. By incorporating the ...

Architecture has always had a complementary - occasionally codependent - relationship with water. The Roman Domus, the Baths of Diocletian and Caracalla in Rome, and Villa Adriana in Tivoli are some ...

Singapore-based design firm A Solid Plan created The Envelope House as an experiment in biophilic design and microclimates. The result? A landscaped “double-skin” design that explores new ways to ...

Studio Drift’s “Meadow,” a kinetic sculpture featuring mechanical flowers, which is on display at Denver Art Museum’s new Biophilia: Nature Reimagined exhibition. Photo by Oriol Tarridas, courtesy of ...

Biophilic Leadership Summit presentations ranged from explorations of built projects to research on the health benefits of proximity to trees. (Foster Branding) Biologist E.O. Wilson used the term ...

Biophilic design is a buzzy, but fuzzy, concept, encompassing everything from the simple act of adorning a space with potted plants all the way to complex infrastructural interventions. In simplest ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...