Biophilic
Biophilic design brings a connection to nature into architecture and interiors through natural light, water, plants and materials. Explore projects that integrate these elements into indoor and outdoor spaces, from homes and workplaces to public environments. These articles examine how biophilic principles inform spatial choices and respond to our need for contact with nature, with a focus on wellbeing and the quality of everyday life.
Mazda is making diesel from algae: how it works and why it matters
According to Mazda, our cars could one day run on algae-based fuel. How close are we to making this a reality?
Earth Valley Theater: when architecture is not just for humans
In the mountains of Wuxi, China, GOA transforms an open-air theater into a shared habitat: spectators, birds, nature, and architecture become part of the same performance in a…
Would you grow algae in your kitchen?
Maja Rowecka, a design graduate from Warsaw, has created the startup Greenspire, offering a kit to cultivate the world’s most nutrient-dense algae at home.
MIT is turning its entire campus into a five-day experiment in what comes next
MIT Future Fest, a new annual festival from the MIT Museum, will take over the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, opening labs, studios, and public spaces to explore…
GOURDO: what growing a lamp from mushrooms and waste looks like
Inside Justin A. Wan’s mycelium and luffa lighting design, food waste becomes a living structural system, and biology replaces manufacturing as a maker.
LTR1 brings housing, public space and nature into a vertical neighborhood
Designed by Carazo Arquitectura, LTR1 transforms a mixed-use development in Nuevo Cuscatlán, El Salvador, into a vertical neighborhood built around an existing forest, combining residences, public spaces, and…
Phyta Biodesign brings living systems into the built environment
What if buildings could support wildlife as naturally as they provide shelter for people? Zain Ansari explains how his practice is rethinking architecture through ecological research, computational design…
Jia CURATED 2026: a festival rooted in the Indonesian landscape
As Bali’s leading platform for craft, design and culture moves to a new beachfront setting, this year’s edition asks what it means to build, gather and create in…
Inviting biology into architecture through minimal surface geometry
We had a chat with Serame Studio, exploring the search for a built environment shaped by the mathematics of nature.
How do you design a school when there is no land left?
In Shenzhen, Studio Link-Arc transforms Cuizhu Foreign Language School into a vertical educational landscape of courtyards, terraces and rooftop gardens. A project that challenges the traditional campus model…
Prestige University: the roof becomes an urban amphitheater
Sanjay Puri Architects transforms Prestige University into a habitable topography: an accessible roof turns into an open-air amphitheater, where passive strategies for extreme heat and fluid spatial layouts…
Architecture and landscape in a contemporary hot spring retreat
Set in Guguan’s hot spring valley near Taichung, HOSHINOYA Guguan is Hoshino Resorts’ first luxury retreat in Taiwan. Designed as a “lofty pavilion woven from mountain streams,” it…