This essay is an expanded version of a LinkedIn article that Bill posted on July 1, 2026. Dynamic and Diffuse Light is one of the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design that sometimes gets overlooked. This may be due to people thinking that the pattern is just focused on bringing daylight into a space. Daylight is […]
Instagramability wasn’t a term the Port or the design team tossed around when developing a concept for the all-user bathrooms at the new PDX airport terminal. But here we are, 10 years later and there are several threads on Instagram and TikTok showcasing and commenting on the airport’s newest ‘destination’. What should we think when […]
Mind Body Space is no entry level exhibit of biophilic and regenerative design—it’s an intimate gathering of minds. Niels Hofstee and Michaël Vrijhof, the principals of Office for the New Earth (ONE), along with Nuria Muñoz Arce of Habitarmonia Academy & Ecosystem, were the co-organizers of the Mind Body Space Global Symposium in Amsterdam this […]
| Terrapin’s Bill Browning was interviewed for the December 2011 issue of Hospitality Design. The ‘sustainable studio perspectives’ piece “Learning to leed” by Alia Akkam quoted Bill: “Green construction in hotels is definitely behind the curve when compared to office buildings, but you can look at the lessons learned from office buildings and know this is what’s coming.” — Read More
| Terrapin founders Bob Fox, Rick Cook, and Bill Browning were the lead architects and sustainability experts for the Bank of America Tower, the first LEED Platinum-certified commercial skyscraper in the country. — Read More
| Bill Browning served as the lead green design consultant for a team charged with designing a new facility for Lucasfilm. — Read More
| Terrapin’s recommendations for the Hospital included improving the quality of environment and quality of care in every aspect of the organization. — Read More
| How best to measure the Park’s capacity, provide the necessary facilities, and allow more people to experience the Park without harming the ecosystem. — Read More
| Terrapin was asked by Gale International to facilitate an Environmental Opportunities Charrette to identify ways to improve environmental performance. — Read More
| Terrapin was engaged on a 3,200 acre site in the Arizona desert for a project to create a new urban, business, residential, and social core for the region. — Read More
| Oberlin’s Adam J. Lewis Center for Environmental Studies is a building system that demonstrates concepts from the Environmental Studies curriculum. — Read More
| The Environmental Guidelines for Battery Park City have provided a foundation for innovative ideas that improve the vision of what cities can become. — Read More
| Big-picture performance strategies for Cacique, a 686 acre site in Costa Rica slated to become a world class destination for eco-resorts and residences. — Read More
| Terrapin participated in the Task Force’s 200+ volunteers that produced a work of great specificity and depth. — Read More
| Terrapin, working in collaboration with CTG Energetics and GHT Limited, produced a greenhouse gas and energy end-use study for NGS’s headquarters campus. — Read More
| Using 30% less energy, 35% less water and other green building strategies, the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, had highest occupancy rates of any in the brand. — Read More
| Located in downtown Santa Fe, the Inn of the Anasazi is a synthesis of social, cultural, and environmental sustainability. — Read More
| Terrapin conducted an on-site facility and systems review to identify opportunities to improve the Sasakwa Lodge systems efficiency and lower energy costs. — Read More
| Bill Browning helped the DoD create new energy strategies for increased energy efficiency, focusing on facilities and installations. — Read More
| Bill Browning and his team at Rocky Mountain Institute helped craft sustainability strategies for the new California Academy of Sciences. — Read More
| Learn more about our environmental strategy work and services by emailing us at [email protected]. Follow the conversation on twitter: @TerrapinBG. HP Bulmer Ltd is a multibillion-dollar producer of hard cider based in the United Kingdom. As a worldwide distributor, their operations have a large-scale impact. In 2002, Bill Browning was one of the leaders that facilitated a multiple-day charrette to examine […] — Read More
| The Sydney 2000 Olympic Athletes’ Village was designed to facilitate extensive ecological restoration of the native Eucalyptus Savannah and protection of the adjacent Parramatta River and Homebush Bay. — Read More
| Informed by Terrapin’s strategies and research, and drawing on elements of Cambodia’s heritage, the building expresses a modern ethic of sustainability. — Read More
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