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Scandinavian Design Goes Sustainable
Koto, a UK-based home design studio, recently partnered with California based firm Plant Prefab to build two sustainable, prefabricated homes. While Koto specializes in modular home design, to ensure the home’s sustainability, they implemented two elements of...
Biophilic Spaces for Improved Wellness
As biophilic spaces grow in popularity, designers and architects alike are finding that these projects allow them to utilize the full scope of space. In the way it brings us closer to nature and its benefits, they’re also better able to develop “harmonious and healthy...
Intentional Biophilic Design: At Home with Nature
Through self-isolation and spending more time indoors, many people have quite literally lost touch with nature over the past year. With all the benefits just being in close proximity to trees and plants bring, intentional biophilic design is more important than ever....
Australia’s Brunswick Yard Makes Biophilic Living a Reality
Carr, an Australian design firm, has planned a residential development that draws heavily on biophilic design principles. The Brunswick Yard development will have 122 apartments, with the goal of connecting residents to their surroundings and “beautify the surrounding...
Can Biophilic Design Help Manage Chronic Disease?
We understand that there are wellness benefits that come with biophilia-centric spaces, but just how effective are they? A recent article from HDR Inc, takes note of healthcare moving away from its usual “sickness and cure” focus to a wellness-centric focus. People...
Dubai School Designed with Biophilia in Mind
The international architectural firm, Bogle Architects, are designing the Royal Grammar School Guildford in Dubai. In addition to the school’s classroom and laboratories, all learning spaces will be connected by a biophilic “street” system lined with plants, trees and...
Burwood Brickworks Honored for Excellence in Sustainability
The Urban Developer awarded Burwood Brickworks Shopping Center the Excellence in Sustainability title during its yearly awards program. Due to the pandemic, the publication’s third annual ceremony was held digitally. Burwood Brickworks touts itself as the world’s most...