"Introducing the concepts of biophilic city planning and design while providing examples of their successful implementation throughout global cities participating in the Biophilic Cities Network." ...

The marriage of nature and technology creates a happy medium for humans who can’t see themselves living without either. Being in nature can relieve stress and lower your blood pressure, which benefits ...

Picture a Durham where the skyline includes green roofs thick with pollinator gardens. That vision edged closer to reality when Durham became the 34th city in a network of “biophilic cities.” Leading ...

There was the slightest hesitation and a few inquires, but ultimately the decision was made: Charlottesville is ready to officially declare itself a nature-loving city. City Council passed a ...

Skyscrapers, highways, and the endless churn of traffic define much of modern city living. Yet for millions of people, the very environments built to fuel economic growth are also fueling chronic ...

Biophilic Leadership Summit presentations ranged from explorations of built projects to research on the health benefits of proximity to trees. (Foster Branding) Biologist E.O. Wilson used the term ...

Architecture has always had a complementary - occasionally codependent - relationship with water. The Roman Domus, the Baths of Diocletian and Caracalla in Rome, and Villa Adriana in Tivoli are some ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tim Beatley will humbly tell you that he’s not a birder. But in his new book, there are enough appearances by obscure members of the class Aves to ...