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News Outlet The Guardian Wins Biophilia Award
UK news site the Guardian was awarded the Biophilia Award by the BBVA Foundation for their efforts and commitment to reporting about the environment. The foundation developed the award in 2019 and with the honor comes €100,000 (about $132,300 in US currency). The...
Biophilic Interior Design for Wellness Benefits
How healthy is your home? Be honest. The Balanced Home and Balanced Life blog poses this question to readers, following it up by asking what makes a home healthy in the first place. In addition to being an architect, founder Kate Hamblet also specializes in wellness...
The Best Plant Pots to Buy Now
As we continue to spend more time indoors either working, studying or simply sheltering-in-place, many of us are looking for ways to bring the outside world in. Noting the health benefits of bringing natural and organic elements into a room Archify, a website that...
Elevating Nature: Milan’s Bosco Verticale
Milan’s Porta Nuova district is home to a literal “vertical forest.” Architect Stefano Boeri finished construction on the Bosco Verticale in 2014, complete with towers measuring 260-260 feet concrete balconies; all draped in the greenery of 800 trees and 5000 shrubs....