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Nature Inside: A biophilic design guide book cover

1st Edition

Nature Inside A biophilic design guide

By William D. Browning, Catherine O. Ryan Copyright 2020
288 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

288 Pages
by RIBA Publishing
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Written by a leading proponent of biophilic design, this is the only practical guide to biophilic design principles for interior designers. Describing the key benefits, principles and processes of biophilic design, Nature Inside illustrates the implementation of biophilic design in interior design practice, across a range of international case studies – at different scales, and... Read more
Part 1  1. The scientific and business case for biophilic design  2. Biophilic design in practice: principles, processes and outcomes  3. At the small scale: fixtures, fittings, fabrics and finishes  Part 2 Case studies, illustrating different aspects of the biophilic design process, and outcomes including, where available, post-occupancy data  4. In the home: residential design  5. In school: learning environments  6. In the store: retail experience  7. In the office: workplace experience  8. In the hotel: hospitality experience  9. In the hospital: healing environments  10. In the factory: manufacturing facilities  11. In the community: civic spaces and transit hubs  12. Outside the walls: biophilic design at campus, neighbourhood and city scale 

Biography

William D. Browning co-founded the sustainability consulting firm Terrapin Bright Green. He is a founding board member of the US Green Building Council and an Honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. He received the 2015 American Society of Interior Designers national Design for Humanity award for work in biophilic and green building design.

Catherine O. Ryan is the director of projects at Terrapin Bright Green with twenty years’ experience in design and environmental sustainability. She is a leading international biophilic design consultant for buildings, landscape and master planning projects. She has published extensively on biophilic design for which she received the 2014 Environmental Design Research Association’s Achievement Award.

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