Book Details

Nature by Design: The Practice of Biophilic Design / Stephen R. Kellert

Publication year: 2018

ISBN: 9780300214536

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Describes the basic principles, practices, and options for successfully implementing biophilic design. He shows us what is—and isn’t—good biophilic design using examples of workplaces, healthcare facilities, schools, commercial centers, religious structures, and hospitality settings. This book will to appeal to architects, designers, engineers, scholars of human evolutionary biology, and—with more than one hundred striking images of designs—anyone interested in nature‑inspired spaces.


Subject: Architecture -- Environmental aspects, Architecture -- Human factors, Organic architecture, Green architecture