I’ll be honest, when I first saw One Central Park rising from Sydney’s skyline in 2014, I thought someone had made a spectacular mistake. Here was this towering residential complex…
I’ve spent fifteen years managing commercial building systems before moving into sustainability consultancy, and I can tell you this: when procurement teams start asking me about passive house standards for…
# The Barbican Conservatory: Finding Eden in London’s Concrete Jungle I remember the first time someone told me there was a tropical rainforest hidden inside the Barbican Centre. I was…
I spent years tweaking my flat to make it more energy efficient, gradually working through better windows, more insulation, and eventually getting the whole place to use about half the…
I’ve been working with green roofs for fifteen years, and I’ve seen every variation you can imagine. Sedum carpets that look brilliant for six months then turn into brown matting.…
# Bosco Verticale Milan and Why Vertical Forests Actually Work I’ll be honest, when I first saw photos of Milan’s Bosco Verticale back in 2014, I thought it was a…
# Apple Park and the Obsessive Biophilic Vision Behind It I’ve walked through corporate campuses that felt like prisons dressed up with a few potted plants and motivational posters. Then…
Your bathroom is the only room in your home where you will always be alone. It’s where you begin each day, unwind after work and process your emotional responses to…
I have been designing hospitality spaces for over ten years, and there is a recurring pattern: hotels and resorts that incorporate biophilic design into their strategies, and do it intentionally,…
Upon entering the Amazon Spheres in Seattle, one experiences a disorienting feeling. You’re not entering a traditional office building. Instead, you’re entering what looks and feels like a jungle, encased…