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A project team looking for a lunch-and-learn needs a different starting point than an architect studying a planted courtyard or an owner preparing a WELL brief. This guide brings together organizations with something specific to offer: a design framework, a collection of built work, a course, or a community of practice.
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Professional education organization
For an architecture or design office, facilities team, or owner arranging a presentation, GPGB offers a starting point for learning about plants and nature in buildings. Explore its continuing education and request a presentation for your team; check course-specific credits and availability directly with GPGB.
Interiorscape publisher Jeremy Dearringer has served on the board of Green Plants for Green Buildings.
Sustainability consultancy
Terrapin is a sustainability consultancy that publishes biophilic design research and guidance. Its updated 14+ Patterns of Biophilic Design gives architects and designers a vocabulary for discussing views, refuge, natural materials, and other spatial decisions. Bring the framework into an early design review to connect an intended experience with a choice in plan or section.
Built-environment programs and project recognition
Living Future’s Biophilic Design Initiative connects designers with resources and examples, including the Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award. Use the recognized projects as precedent research while preparing a brief: look at how a view, a planted courtyard, or a spatial sequence carries the design intent, then discuss what could transfer to your client’s setting.
Building standard organization
For teams pursuing WELL or considering how nature and local identity fit into a building brief, IWBI is the source for the WELL Building Standard. Start with WELL v2 and feature M02, Nature and Place; use the Mind evidence brief to explore the rationale before consulting the applicable requirements. The brief is a PDF, not a promise of points, compliance, or certification.
University research and teaching project
This university research and teaching project connects interiors, architecture, and landscape. Studio teams can use its work as a starting point for exploring how biophilic and environmental design objectives work together—for example, how an interior’s connection to a courtyard relates to the wider landscape and building brief.
International partner-city network
Biophilic Cities brings together an international network of partner cities working on connections between residents and urban nature. For a campus, mixed-use development, or public-realm brief, explore the city profiles to examine access to nature beyond one building: the route to a park, the shade along a walk, or the landscape shared by several uses.
Living architecture industry and education organization
Professionals considering green roofs, green walls, or other living architecture can follow this specialty through Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. Its publication, Living Architecture Monitor, is a practical place to explore projects and industry discussions before developing questions about an assembly’s planting, water, access, and long-term care.
Education and convening organization
Readers following conversations across design, development, and planning can explore the Biophilic Institute’s programming. The Biophilic Leadership Summit and Biophilic Solutions podcast offer ways to hear how people approach nature-connected places. Consult the programs page for current event dates and availability rather than treating this guide as an event calendar.
Start with the principles, then find the right professional for the work and care the project needs.