Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life

Contributors Biographies.

Preface (Stephen R. Kellert and Judith Heerwagen).

Prologue: Afterword, years after (Hillary Brown).

I. THE THEORY OF BIOPHILIC DESIGN.

Chapter 1: Dimensions, Elements, and Attributes of Biophilic Design (Stephen Kellert).

Chapter 2: The Nature of Human Nature (Edward O. Wilson).

Chapter 3: A Good Place to Settle: Biomimicry, Biophilia, and the Return of Nature’s Inspiration to Architecture (Janine Benyus).

Chapter 4: Water, Biophilic Design, and the Built Environment (Martin Mador).

Chapter 5: Neuroscience, the Natural Environment, and Building Design (Nikos Salingaros and Kenneth Masden).

II. THE SCIENCE AND BENEFITS OF BIOPHILIC DESIGN.

Chapter 6: Biophilic Theory and Research for Healthcare Design (Roger Ulrich).

Chapter 7: Nature Contact and Human Health: Building the Evidence Base (Howard Frumkin).

Chapter 8: Where Windows Become Doors (Vivian Loftness).

Chapter 9: Restorative Environmental Design: What, When, Where, and for Whom (Terry Hartig, Tina Bringslimark ,and Grete Grindal Patil)?

Chapter 10: Healthy Planet, Healthy Children: Designing Nature into the Daily Spaces of Childhood (Robin Moore and Clare Cooper Marcus).

Chapter 11: Children and the Success of Biophilic Design (Richard Louv).

Chapter 12: The Extinction of Natural Experience in the Built Environment (Robert Pyle and David Orr).

III. THE PRACTICE OF BIOPHILIC DESIGN.

Chapter 13: Biophilia and Sensory Aesthetics (Judith Heerwagen and Bert Gregory).

Chapter 14: Evolving an Environmental Aesthetic (Stephen Kieran).

Chapter 15: The Picture Window: the Problem of Viewing Nature through Glass (Kent Bloomer).

Chapter 16: Biophilic Architectural Space (Grant Hildebrand).

Chapter 17: Towards Biophilic Cities: Strategies for Integrating Nature into Urban Design (Tim Beatley).

Chapter 18: Green Urbanism: Developing Restorative Urban Biophilia (Jonathan Rose).

Chapter 19: The Greening of the Brain (Pliny Fisk).

Chapter 20: Bringing Buildings to Life (Tom Bender).

Chapter 21: Biophilia in Practice: Buildings that Connect People with Nature (Alex Wilson).

Chapter 22: Transforming Building Practices through Biophilic Design (Jenifer Seal Cramer and William Browning).

Chapter 23 Reflections on Implementing Biophilic Design (Robert Fox and Robert Berkebile).