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Scentimental Associations with Nature: Odor-Associative Learning and Biophilic Design
| Biophilic odors create a unique opportunity to improve health and wellbeing in the built environment using a Non-Visual Connection with Nature. — Read More
Two New Case Studies in Biophilic Design
| Terrapin has published two new case studies in biophilic design highlighting the Kickstarter Headquarters in Brooklyn and the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Idaho. — Read More
News
Recap: Terrapin at AIA Convention 2016
| This year’s annual AIA Convention in Philadelphia featured panels with both Bill Browning and Chris Garvin, who shared insights on global sustainable building trends and evidence-based design. — Read More
Recap: Biophilic Design at Living Future 2016 unConference
| This year, biophilic design was a large theme at the International Living Future Institute’s Living Future unConference in Seattle, WA. The conference featured the first ever Biophilic Design Summit and Catie Ryan spoke in the session “Biophilic Design: Achieving Broad Adoption.” — Read More
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Bill Interviewed by Sleeper Magazine
| Our partner Bill Browning was recently interviewed about biophilia in hospitality design by Sleeper Magazine, a publication for global hotel design. — Read More
Bill’s Greenbuild Session Available Online
| Bill’s Greenbuild 2015 session, Biophilic Design in Context: Applications for Culture & Climate, is now available online! Hear from Bill Browning, Clif Bar’s Elysa Hammond and Glumac Engineering’s Nicole Isle as they discuss the application of biophilic design patterns across different building types, climates, and cultures. — Read More
Bill to Speak at BD West Conference
| Our partner Bill Browning will be heading out to L.A. to talk about biophilic design at BD West, a trade fair and conference focused on hospitality design. — Read More
Complex Structures and the Human Experience
| A closer look at the biophilic design pattern Complexity & Order for establishing meaningful translations of nature’s complexities in the built environment. — Read More
Contributions
Non-Rhythmic Sensory Stimuli: Give Yourself a Break!
| A look at the science behind visual comfort and productivity through non-rhythmic sensory stimuli. — Read More
Project Profiles
Tilden Towers Retrofit
| Tilden Towers is a vulnerable public housing superblock. A new proposal for retrofits hopes to improve community resilience and quality of life. — Read More
Three New Case Studies in Biophilic Design
| Terrapin has released three new case studies highlighting the application and benefits of biophilic design. — Read More
Can Big Data Bridge the Gap Between the Biophilia Hypothesis and Spatial Design?
| Pinpointing the impacts of biophilia and determining the most beneficial biophilic patterns through post-occupancy data. — Read More
Biophilia and the WELL Building Standard®
| 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
Biophilic Design in Landscape Architecture
| Catie Ryan and Joe Clancy discuss the role of biophilic design in landscape architecture in an article for Landscape Architecture Frontiers. — Read More
Designing for a Moving Target: Adapting Our Buildings to a Changing Climate
| 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
Bill Receives the 2015 ASID Design for Humanity Award
| 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
AIA Connecticut Hosts Workshop on Well-Being
| 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
The Multi-Sensory Experience of Design
| 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
Nature in the Space: Indoor Nature Connections
| 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
Bill Browning to Speak at the Green Real Estate Conference
| 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
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