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5 green homes where biophilic design reigns supreme
Biophilic design—rooted in exalting a human's innate connection with nature—brings together functionality and natural beauty to not only reduce the environmental footprint of the built form but also nurture a bond with the landscape. With the green allure of nature creeping indoors to dissolve formal boundaries, these biophilic designs from the archives of AD India are sure to captivate.
New Mumbai restaurants with stunning interiors to check out in March 2024
The Maximum City's dining scene continues to evolve with an array of new Mumbai restaurants, each offering a unique gastronomical experience paired with stunning interiors. This vibrant city's latest offerings range from a warm diner-style East-Indian joint to a 'Batcave meets Gentleman's Club' hideaway. The selection below showcases restaurants that stand out not only for their innovative menus but also for their exquisite interior designs and architectural ingenuity
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Here you can learn how to implement ‘Biophilic Design in the Home’ with the Oliver Heath Design School
Increasingly we are seeing a need to implement Biophilic Design into our spaces; from the office to our homes, compelling research shows that using a human-centred design approach brings a closer link to nature and subsequently improves our health and wellbeing. The Oliver Heath Design School provides insightful and thought-provoking Biophilic Design courses - the perfect way to start your journey into human-centred design thinking.
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"Biophilic Design is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature in a deep and fundamental fashion, but we have often designed our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature.
The recent trend in green architecture has decreased the environmental impact of the built environment, but it has accomplished little in the way of reconnecting us to the natural world, the missing piece in the puzzle of sustainable development.
Come on a journey from our evolutionary past and the origins of architecture to the world’s most celebrated buildings in a search for the architecture of life.
Together, we will encounter buildings that connect people and nature - hospitals where patients heal faster, schools where children’s test scores are higher, offices where workers are more productive, and communities where people know more of their neighbors and families thrive. Biophilic Design points the way toward creating healthy and productive habitats for modern humans."