This whole concept of biophilic design as a career field is something I’ve been learning about over the past few years, ever since I started modifying our home for my…
I never expected to become obsessed with six-sided shapes, but parenthood leads you down the strangest rabbit holes sometimes. It started when my daughter was about three and we were…
Okay, so I need to tell you about something that basically saved my sanity during the pandemic – and it wasn’t therapy or meditation apps or any of that stuff…
When I first started reading about biophilic design eight years ago – trying to figure out how to make our house work better for my wife after her stroke –…
Last week, I found myself reading about something called regenerative air preheaters after running into a problem with the greenhouse I built for my wife three years ago. The heating…
You know that moment when you walk into a space and something just feels… right? I had that experience yesterday at a medical office that completely defied my expectations of…
Last Tuesday I got a call from an architect who was practically hyperventilating about an office building they’d designed. Beautiful project, LEED Gold certification, all the right buzzwords in the…
There's something deeply satisfying about watching a crumbling Victorian warehouse transform into a thriving community space, but it wasn't until I witnessed it happening across Britain that I truly understood…
Last Tuesday, I got a call from Marcus, a facilities manager at a tech startup downtown who was basically at his wit's end. "Our people look like zombies," he said,…
Got a call last Tuesday from a homeowner in Nederland who’d been scrolling through design blogs and fell in love with these massive indoor living walls. You know the ones…