Biophilic Architecture
Architecture that integrates living systems, natural forms and human connection to nature into the built environment.
Bayside Haven: A Stepped Hong Kong Tower Hollowed by an Atrium to Hold Nature at Its Core
A residential tower in Hong Kong treats people and nature as intertwined forces, then tests that idea through a carved void, lofted units and living walls.
Soul Hug: A Vine-Wrapped Tower That Pushes Gardens Into Every Floor, Room and Window
A cylindrical residential tower in China carries planting from a ground-level park to sky gardens and bedrooms, chasing biophilia at every scale.
Symbiosis: A Hong Kong Tower That Hangs a Rainforest Between Its Three Wings
Three concrete housing arms meet at one core, and the scalloped terraces between them carry soil, stone and subtropical planting up the full height of the
Thermal Blue: A Hot Springs Complex Where Five Buildings Turn Inward Toward the Steam
Timber boardwalks, glazed treatment rooms and green roofs organize a terraced bathing landscape in which every building looks back at the water.
Architecture as the Bridge to Nature: A Thermal Bath in Iceland You Can Walk Over
A ring of green roof, a crossing bridge and sunken pools turn an Icelandic bathhouse into a landscape trekkers walk across before they ever step inside.
Shared Growth: Leaf Venation Becomes an Urban Network for Living and Working in Singapore
A shortlisted NomadHouse 2020 entry that turns leaf veins and branching stems into a porous, interconnected field of work, rest and public life.
Nuswa Bhuvana, Marunda Across Nature
Regenerative Public Housing, Tranfroming a Local Algriculture Heritage to a Permaculture System that Apply through Biophilic Architecture, Creating Healthy Life and Safe Ecosystem from Coal Pollution
Biophilia Lagos: A Shortlisted Stadium That Heals the Landfill It Stands On
Rachel George reimagines a Lagos landfill as a living stadium, wrapping the bowl in planted lattice screens and reshaping waste into public landforms.
Pocket Church: Dispersing a Sanctuary into a Forest of Ecological Hotspots
A carved, cave-like church, a circular dormitory and timber workshops scatter across a reforesting site, letting the forest become the true nave.
Make an Elsewhere: A Noah's Ark of Plants, Animals and Children Docked in the Dense City
Khanh Anh's shortlisted Education '20 entry wraps a school in planted shelves, sheltering plants, animals and children in one portable ecosystem.
The Intimacy of the Forest: Little Red Riding Hood Retold as a Haptic Path to a Wooden House
A winning A New Wood entry that choreographs a forest walk of nests, fires and ponds, ending in a courtyard dwelling built for touch rather than sight.
Meditation Office by ARO Studio: A Sustainable, Biophilic Workspace in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam
Meditation Office by ARO Studio integrates greenery, water features, and natural ventilation to create a sustainable, therapeutic workspace for employees.
