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2018 Stephen R. Kellert Award is live!
| ILFI is now accepting submissions for the 2018 Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award! Learn more about the award and this year’s new submission process. — Read More
Bill Browning & Biophilia on USGBC’s New Podcast
| 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
14 Patterns Goes Multilingual
| Terrapin is please to announce the release of two new language editions of our cornerstone whitepaper: 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design. The Publication will now be available in Spanish, French, and Hebrew. — Read More
Recap: Terrapin at Greenbuild 2017
| 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
Bill to Speak at HD Expo 2017
| Bill heads to Las Vegas for HD Expo 2017 to talk about Terrapin’s research in biophilic design in hospitality. — Read More
Features
Creating a Healthier World
| Terrapin works across a broad spectrum of areas—environmental strategy, biophilic design, ecological design, and bioinspired innovation—but all of our efforts aim to create a healthier world. Supporting human health has implications at all scales of the built environment and unites our work across these diverse fields. — Read More
Bill to Speak at BD West 2017
| Bill Browning will be speaking about biophilic design and hospitality at this year’s BD West Conference and Expo in Los Angeles. — Read More
14 Patterns Goes Multilingual
| With the collaboration of ARP-Astrance and Gondwana, the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design is now also 14 Modèles de Conception Biophilique! — Read More
Contributions
Online Course on Biophilia by ASID and Terrapin
| Co-developed by ASID and Terrapin Bright Green, this online course on biophilia applies the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design to interior design. Take the course today! — Read More
Recap: Terrapin at Greenbuild 2016!
| Bill Browning and Chris Garvin had great sessions at Greenbuild 2016 about biophilic design and the sharing economy. Read more about their sessions and the team’s impressions of Greenbuild overall. — Read More
Project Profiles
Clif Bar Industrial Bakery
| Using the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design research as a framework, Terrapin analyzed the Clif Bar project and identified interventions to support employee health and wellbeing. Clif Bar is likely the first food manufacturer to deliberately incorporate biophilic design into an industrial bakery. — Read More
Prison, Nature and Social Structure
| Biophilic design and programing can transform harsh prison environments, known to aggravate mental illness, into rehabilitative spaces. — Read More
Terrapin to Present at the Living Product Expo 2016
| Terrapin will lead the session “Tapping into Nature: Driving Manufacturing Innovation with Biomimicry and Biophilic Design” at the Living Product Expo 2016. — Read More
Biophilia at Rocky Mountain Institute’s Innovation Center
| Terrapin advised on sustainable building practices and biophilic design for the Rocky Mountain Institute’s new state-of-the-art Innovation Center. — 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
Bill Browning at Workplace Trends – Recap
| Bill Browning spoke about the benefits of biophilic design in the workplace at Workplace Trends in London to a crowd of over 200 attendees. — 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
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
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