| Terrapin had a whirlwind 2025 and we are looking at building upon those experiences in 2026. Some highlights for Terrapin from 2025 included speaking events like Designing Wellbeing in High Point NC, Living Future in Portland, Greenbuild LA, and the Furniture Today Leadership Conference. At Greenbuild LA, the Occupant Experience session tapped into new perspectives […] — Read More
| Agrihoods, neighborhoods that incorporate food production into their design, have been getting more attention in the residential development world. In many cases, these projects are conventional sprawl with a tiny community garden or orchard. Whereas, in their truest form, agrihoods weave food production into the design and experiential fabric of their communities in much more […] — Read More
| Why we love wood may be ingrained in us. Terrapin’s new report is a deep dive into what this biophilic connection is all about. Wood is making a comeback in the built environment and, though most often covered by media for presenting an opportunity to reduce carbon footprints in building construction, awareness of the physiological […] — Read More
| Over the years I have noticed that while good ideas come and go, truly bad ideas take on a life of their own. Some ideas even move into the realm of what Amory Lovins calls ‘spherically stupid’—stupid from any direction you look. Billionaire Charlie Munger is giving the University of California Santa Barbara $200 million […] — Read More
| This feature is a follow up to Bill’s previous post on The Journey of Sustainability. 1 September 2021 Thirty years ago today, Amory and Hunter Lovins, over the objections of some of the Rocky Mountain Institute’s board of directors, allowed a 29-year-old to launch a new program to work with real estate developers to make […] — Read More
| The green building movement and arguably the larger discussion about sustainability have progressed in scope and understanding over the last three decades. Terrapin staff have been at the heart of this journey. In retrospect, this progression can be understood as three distinct levels of sustainability, each with their own focus, and with direct and indirect benefits […] — Read More
| The Portland International Airport (PDX) is a joint civil–military airport and the largest airport in the state of Oregon, accounting for 90% of the state’s passenger air travel and more than 95% of its air cargo. The site is bordered by the Columbia River in the north and the Columbia Slough in the south with […] — Read More
| Disaster resilience has focused primarily on the physical characteristics and resource provisions of a home. How might we incorporate psychological resilience into design? — Read More
| Terrapin is proud to release its newest publication: “An Ear for Nature: Psychoacoustic Strategies for Workplace Distraction & The Bottom Line. — Read More
| Bill Browning will speak at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture’s annual conference this year. He will speak about the science of biophilia and biophilic design, new techniques for in-the-field measurement of brain response, and more. — Read More
| Environmental strategist Bill Browning shares strategies and insights on the benefits on incorporating biophilia into built environments. — Read More
| Come see a talk by Bill Browning at the 2018 NeoCon, held as always in June at The Mart in Chicago. — Read More
| We may not have solved all of sleep’s mysteries, but we are starting to understand the role environmental design plays in promoting sleep and health. — Read More
| How might our collective experience of the built environment impact the perception of “success” in architecture? — Read More
| The Living Architecture Academy is now offering an online Biophilic Design course. — Read More
| “When the sun is warm on my face and the breeze is cool, I know it is good to be alive.” — Read More
| Bill Browning joins USGBC’s newest podcast, Built for Health, to discuss biophilic design and its impact on human health in the built environment. — Read More
| Terrapin is proud to announce the publication of Springer’s 2018 “Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology,” featuring a chapter on biophilic design by our very own Catie Ryan and Bill Browning. — Read More
| We’ve released two new biophilic design case studies: Östra Psychiatry Hospital in Sweden and the Parkroyal on Pickering hotel & spa in Singapore. — Read More
| Catie Ryan will join Amanda Sturgeon and Julia Africa for an interactive session on biophilic design research tools and technology at the 2017 Greenbuild Conference. — Read More
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