Inside Jewel Changi Airport and What Makes It a Biophilic Masterpiece
# Inside Jewel Changi Airport and What Makes It a Biophilic Masterpiece I’ll be honest with you. When I first heard about an airport terminal with a 40-metre waterfall and…
Acoustic Benefits of Natural Materials and How to Reduce Noise With Biophilic Design
# Acoustic Benefits of Natural Materials and How to Reduce Noise With Biophilic Design If you’ve ever tried to concentrate in an office with hard surfaces bouncing every keyboard click…
How to Add a Living Wall to Your Home and What It Really Costs
# How to Add a Living Wall to Your Home and What It Really Costs If you’ve been considering a living wall for your home, you’re probably wondering whether the…
What Is Passive House Certification and How Does It Differ From Low Energy Building
# What Is Passive House Certification and How Does It Differ From Low Energy Building If you’ve been looking into sustainable building, you’ve probably encountered the term “Passive House” or…
How Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Proved Nature Heals Patients Faster
# How Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Proved Nature Heals Patients Faster I’ve been studying hospital design for fifteen years, and I can tell you that most medical facilities are designed…
The 10 Best Uses of Biophilic Design in Architecture
# The Ultimate Biophilic Buildings: Our Crew Ranks the World’s Most Nature-Forward Spaces Right, so we finally sat down and thrashed this out. Took us four sessions, countless coffees, and…
What Are Biophilic Cities? The Complete Evidence-Based Guide to Nature-Centered Urban Design
I spent eight months in Singapore in 2016, ostensibly to consult on an architecture project. What I actually did was become obsessed with how a hyperdense city could possibly function—not…
Why Biophilic Design Isn’t Just Pretty Plants (And How It’s Actually Saving the Environment)
Okay, so I’ve been down a major rabbit hole lately about biophilic design – you know, that thing where people strategically put plants and natural stuff in buildings? And I…
The Data Behind Natural Light: Why Your Workspace Needs More Daylight
When I first started optimizing my home office setup, I’ll admit I was focused on the obvious stuff – ergonomic chair, fast internet, decent monitor. Natural light wasn’t even on…
How I Accidentally Became the Dad Who Researches Natural Light Patterns (And Why My Kids Are Sleeping Better)
Look, I never thought I’d be the guy who has strong opinions about window coverings, but here we are. It started during those brutal 3am feeding sessions with our daughter…