A special issue of Architecture entitled, “Biophilic School Design for Health and Wellbeing”, Terrapin’s Bill Browning teamed up with Jim Determan of Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture to explore the results from the yearlong study of biophilic measures in a sixth grade mathematics classroom in Baltimore. Those results influenced the design of the new Bethel-Hanberry elementary […]
Every once in a great while, a completed project is even better than the architectural renderings. When that happens, it is an absolute thrill. This delight and joy is what we experienced when walking through the newly rebuilt terminal core of Portland Oregon’s PDX International Airport. PDX has for many years been the top-rated airport […]
British Columbia (BC), Canada’s westernmost province, has a centuries-old tradition of wood construction by the First Nations of the region. Their round houses and planked long houses made great use of the giant western red cedar and the fine-grained yellow cedar. For BC’s largest city, Vancouver, timber exports were the basis of its original economy. […]
| Originally posted on SXSW Eco’s News and Updates: Biomimicry is becoming a widely-recognized, comprehensive methodology for innovation across industries. — Read More
| Originally posted on Asking Nature: Biomimicry offers a strategic advantage in sustainable product design and development, and forwards innovative business. — Read More
| To combat the adverse health effects of climate change, we must align modern systems with resilient natural processes for healthier communities and people. — Read More
| Terrapin is thrilled to announce the hiring of Rebecca Macies as our Operations Administrative Analyst. She graduated from Cornell University in 2014 where she studied Natural Resources Policy and Management. During her time as a student, she was a founding member of Cornell’s fossil fuel divestment campaign, worked in the Campus Sustainability Office, and collaborated […] — Read More
| A look at the new WELL Building Standard and how it parallels with the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design and circadian light design. — Read More
| Catie Ryan and Joe Clancy discuss the role of biophilic design in landscape architecture in an article for Landscape Architecture Frontiers. — Read More
| Praise for Tapping into Nature: I feel that what Terrapin is doing is what might be called an inversion. Modernity made nature mechanical and industrial wherever it could, our farms forests and oceans to be sure. What you are talking about is turning industrialism into nature. It is more than tapping into something, it is […] — Read More
| With the inevitable climate change, we must fundamentally rethink how we design and retrofit buildings to adapt to this new, rapidly shifting baseline. — Read More
| Terrapin partner and co-founder Bill Browning has received the 2015 National Design for Humanity Award, presented by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). This award is given in recognition of Bill’s trailblazing work in environmental design, most notably his research and implementation of biophilic design. Bill has dedicated much of his professional career to improving the health […] — Read More
| Catie Ryan will be discussing biophilic design as part of a workshop hosted by AIA-CT on innovations for well-being in the built environment. — Read More
| When have you experienced complete silence in the forest? I bet you haven’t. Non-visual experience of nature can provide lessons for urban design. — Read More
| Terrapin’s own Chris Garvin spoke at the Risk & Value Creation Forum on regional resilience for New York City. — Read More
| Learn more about our bioinspired innovation work and services by emailing us at [email protected] and reading our report, Tapping into Nature. Follow the conversation on twitter: @TerrapinBG | #TapNature. We were delighted to see over a 100 passionate professionals and students come to celebrate the launch of Tapping into Nature, Terrapin’s newest publication about bioinspired […] — Read More
| A brief history on the use of plants in interior design, and the substantial effects these Nature in the Space connections have on our health and happiness. — Read More
| Terrapin’s own Bill Browning will be speaking at the Green Real Estate Conference on April 23rd in Toronto, Canada. He along with Martha MacInnis, Design Director of Workplace Experience at TD Bank Group, Paul Scialla, Founder & CEO of Delos, and Regan Smith, Managing Principal at Halsall Associates will be a part of the panel discussion “On the […] — Read More
| Terrapin’s publication Tapping into Nature explores the potential of biomimetic and bioinspired innovation and its value to businesses. — Read More
| Our own Chris Garvin will be speaking at the 9th Annual Babson Energy & Environmental Conference on April 9th at Babson College in Babson Park, MA. Chris will be co-presenting the session “The Nature of Business” with Vince Siciliano, President and CEO of New Resource Bank. They will focus their discussion on looking to nature to solve challenges […] — Read More
| Our own Bill Browning was interviewed by Human Spaces about biophilia in the workplace, the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design and the Human Spaces Report. Click here to see the video. — Read More
| Biophilia may seem like an indulgence. However, growing scientific evidence shows that it supports our health and wellbeing in many ways. — Read More
| The British have a long-standing radio show in which people talk about what ten albums they would take with them to a deserted island. In that spirit, here are the ten books, a couple of chapters, and three poems that have really helped shape my thinking about our work, the environment, buildings and life. In […] — Read More
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