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- ISBN 9781918216035
- Weight: 900g
- Dimensions: 210 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2026
- Publisher: RIBA Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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With a Foreword by Thomas Heatherwick
Biophilic design brings positive experiences of nature into the built environment — whether in a domestic, work, leisure, healthcare, education or retail setting. Written by proponents, who are also leading expert practitioners, this updated version is a key design guide to biophilia for architects and interior designers.
By raising awareness of biophilic design as a strategy to support psychological and physiological wellbeing, Nature Inside illustrates how it can be implemented, across a range of international case studies. It offers a plethora of practical insight and real-world solutions for all designers. Brand new case studies offer up-to-date, applicable inspiration for any designer.
Starting with the principles and processes of biophilic design in practice, it showcases a variety of interior spaces — residential, retail, workplace, hospitality, education, healthcare, manufacturing and civic. The final chapter looks ‘outside the walls’, by providing a case study at the park, community and city scale, concluding with an essential practical toolkit.
Featured projects include:
- PDX International Airport Terminal, Portland, by ZGF Architects
- Maggie’s Centre, Leeds, by Heatherwick Studio
- The London home of Kelly Hoppen MBE
- Seesaw Coffee, Beijing, by nota architects
- The Spine, Liverpool, by AHR
- Central Library, Calgary, by Snøhetta
- Meat & Wine Safari, Sydney, by COOOP
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 associate partner at Terrapin Bright Green and a leading international biophilic design consultant for buildings, landscape and master planning projects. She is co-founder of the Stephen Kellert Biophilic Design Award and has published extensively on biophilic design, including The Economics of Biophilia which was recognised with the Environmental Design Research Association's prestigious Achievement Award.
