“You’re turning our apartment into a damn jungle, and for what?” That was Alex, three years ago, standing in our…
It was the mushrooms growing under the sink that finally pushed us over the edge. Not the good kind you’d…
The first living wall I installed in my home died so spectacularly that my partner banned all plant-related conversations for…
I need to start with a confession: I once spent my client’s entire office renovation budget on a living wall.…
When Oakridge Elementary announced plans to renovate their fifty-year-old building, the parents’ chat groups exploded with opinions. Some wanted cutting-edge…
I never planned to become an expert on hospital room design. That kind of specialized knowledge wasn’t on my bucket…
The confirmation email had promised a “transformative deep dive into biophilic design principles,” complete with “actionable strategies for immediate implementation.”…
The email arrived on a Tuesday morning as I was battling Seattle’s notorious traffic. “Congratulations! Your application for the Singapore…
The email from Facilities Management arrived with the bureaucratic finality I’d come to expect: “REQUEST DENIED. Reason: Proposed modifications contradict…
I still cringe when I think about my first “accessible” biophilic design project. God, it was such a disaster. Like,…
The dead of winter sure isn’t the best time for taking care of plants; just ask me after I spent…
I once splurged $14,000 of a client’s budget on what can be best described as a “smart” living wall Biophilic…
It was 2:14 AM on a Tuesday and I was deep in the water trying to burst the custom-built cascading…
The Williams’ project is still a sore spot, so much so that I have nightmares and wake up sweating. It…
Once I experienced a total panic attack in a conference room. It was not the type of “I am anxious…