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 ...

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 ...

Maintaining a connection with nature and its natural beauty is a design trend we can all appreciate. Biophilic design elements have a positive impact on our mood and state of mind. Fortunately, ...

HIGH POINT — The term “biophilic design” has been floating around the home furnishings arena for a while, but there are still many industry leaders who aren’t quite convinced of its value on the ...

Whether we “borrow” a vista or a garden view through our windows or extend our living spaces to well-furnished patios and decks, Marin residents thrive in living the “outdoors-in,” nature-immersive ...

Recently, a quiet revolution has begun to change the way people think about their spaces, both at home and at work. It centers on the idea that the great indoors should mimic the great outdoors to ...

Midtown Union’s 26-story, 612,000-square-foot office tower is LEED- and Fitwel-certified and offers a wellness-focused workspace in the heart of Midtown. To ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. This article is more than 5 years old. Anasazi dwellings ...

When people are in biophilicly designed spaces, they feel comfortable; their well-being and mental performance are both higher than when they’re in a place that’s not biophilicly designed. Biophilicly ...

Human beings now spend the majority of their time indoors. And as our lives move further from nature and become more dependent on the built environment, scientists are pointing out our innate ...

A significant gap exists between the natural and built worlds. All too often, buildings are designed with a certain separation — the edifice itself is seen as one entity while its surrounding ...

Derived from the term “biophilia,” biophilic design is the concept of connecting humans to nature, both directly and indirectly. The ethos originated in 1984 and was outlined by the Harvard naturalist ...