The marriage of nature and technology creates a happy medium for humans who can’t see themselves living without either. Being in nature can relieve stress and lower your blood pressure, which benefits ...

Biophilic design makes us feel good. When people are in biophilicly designed spaces, they feel good mentally and physically; their well-being is higher than when they’re in a place that’s not ...

Renewable energy technologies are advancing. However, building inefficiency, HVAC loads and the urban heat island effect ...

Aki is a co-founder at Naava, and a serial entrepreneur on a personal mission to improve human health & happiness in a planet-positive way. Now more than ever, offices need to provide more than the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Americans have become indoor animals. On average, we spend about 90 percent of our time inside buildings and cars. When we venture outside, we’re often so glued to our smartphones that we’re oblivious ...

Architecture has always had a complementary - occasionally codependent - relationship with water. The Roman Domus, the Baths of Diocletian and Caracalla in Rome, and Villa Adriana in Tivoli are some ...