What to Plant on a Green Roof in Northern England and Scotland
# What to Plant on a Green Roof in Northern England and Scotland I’ve designed dozens of green roofs across Manchester, Glasgow, and Newcastle, and here’s what I’ve learned: choosing…
Natural Insulation Options and How They Compare to Synthetic Alternatives
# Natural Insulation Options and How They Compare to Synthetic Alternatives I’ve spent twelve years helping clients navigate the maze of insulation choices, and I can tell you that the…
Switching to a Green Energy Tariff and What to Look For
# Switching to a Green Energy Tariff: What Actually Makes the Difference The energy choices we make in our homes matter more than most of us realise. I’ve worked with…
Lammas Ecovillage Pembrokeshire and the UKs First Planned Eco Settlement
# Lammas Ecovillage: Living Proof That Off-Grid Community Design Actually Works I first heard about Lammas when a client mentioned they’d visited friends who lived “completely off-grid in Wales, but…
Ko Bogen II Dusseldorf and Europes Largest Green Facade
# Ko Bögen II Düsseldorf and Europe’s Largest Green Façade I’ve spent years telling clients that green façades are the future of urban design, but honestly, I was getting tired…
One Central Park Sydney and How Patrick Blanc Built the Worlds Most Famous Living Wall
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…
The Barbican Conservatory and Hidden Nature in Brutalist London
# 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…
Biophilic Bathroom Design Creating Restorative Spaces
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…
Biophilic Design in Hospitality & Resorts
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,…
The role of natural light in biophilic design
When I remodeled an office in Manchester last year, the first thing I didn’t do was add plants or change the colour scheme. I assessed where the windows were located…