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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors.

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Towards a regenerative landscape architecture with Phillip Withers

Habitus Living

Phillip Withers, director of the eponymous landscape architecture and horticulture studio, has had something of an unorthodox path into the field. At that time, I just found this connection to the landscape,” he says with clarity. β€œAt At that time, I just found this connection to the landscape,” he says with clarity.

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Sustainable Practice: 7 Legendary Designs Using the Landscape as an Architectural Material

Architizer

We’ve looked at a number of highly technical projects, nevertheless materials have usually been natural, or as natural as possible. But what about when the setting, the landscape onto and into which we build, is utilized as an integral part of the structure? They are a continuation of landscapes reimagined as materials.

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Villa in rural Vietnam uses local materials to "harmonise with the environment"

Deezen

SuoiHai Villa by APDI Architecture is designed to "harmonise with the environment" "The main desire of the client and the project is to enhance the interaction between humans and nature from various perspectives, and to judiciously use locally characteristic materials to harmonise with the environment," director NhΓ’m ChΓ­ KiΓͺn told Dezeen.

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Design Out West: 10 Unique Buildings in Dialogue With Utah’s Rugged Landscape

Architizer

Utah is a land of striking contrasts and otherworldly landscapes, and its architectural identity is deeply rooted in the state’s history and culture. This influence can be seen in adobe and sandstone incorporating natural elements such as wood and stone into these structures. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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Nature Without Ecology

Landscape Architecture Magazine

A kind of manual for designing nature without ecology is found in the series of artful drawings that reveal a strategy for working with plants through quantity, species, spacing, and cultivar. Each tome is a reminder that Oudolf’s prolific publishing career is as profuse as his β€œnature-like” style. Β© Piet Oudolf.

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Living Environments: CHANG Architects Reconsiders Relationships Between the Built and Natural Worlds

Architizer

Working almost exclusively in the residential sector, CHANG Architects has developed a strong ideology, and their work stays true to its common narrative across their portfolio of clients. Cornwall Gardens in Singapore is a representation of a truly symbiotic relationship between residence, nature and occupier.