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Futurebuild 4 -6 March 2025 London ExCeL

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Futurebuild 4 -6 March 2025 London ExCeL

Join Futurebuild from 04 – 06 March 2025 at London’s ExCeL, the most impactful event in sustainable innovation for the built environment. Discover the latest products, solutions, and insights that will help you achieve your sustainability goals and drive meaningful change.

As Futurebuild celebrates its 20th anniversary, the theme for 2025 is Impact—marking two decades of driving positive change in the built environment and the communities we serve. Be part of this milestone event and contribute to shaping a more sustainable future. Register nowfor your free ticket.

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Chatham House Climate and Energy Summit 18-19 March 2025

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Chatham House Climate and Energy Summit 18-19 March 2025

On the road to COP30, join governments and businesses for two days of interactive discussion exploring strategies to secure a resilient future. Two days of high-level panel dialogues, networking sessions and an interactive workshop under the Chatham House Rule will focus on multi-stakeholder collaboration for increased ambition, action and impact.

Join us!

Chatham House Climate and Energy Summit
18-19 March 2025 | In-person and broadcast live

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Designing Healthy, Sustainable BIOPHILIC Buildings for the Future

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Designing Healthy, Sustainable BIOPHILIC Buildings for the Future

As the climate crisis and mental health challenges collide, the built environment has a crucial role to play in supporting human wellbeing. In a wide-ranging discussion, hosted at Anticipate London, and chaired by Dr Vanessa Champion, founder and editor of the Journal of Biophilic Design, experts from the fields of architecture, sustainability, and design explored how green buildings can nurture both physical and mental health. Watch the discussion with Rob Buckley, Head of Sustainability at QODA Consulting, Astrid Hugo, Senior Sustainability Specialist, at Gensler and Anthony Thistleton-Smith, Co-Founder of Waugh Thistleton Architects.

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Biophilic Desining Enhancing Wellbeing - Part 1

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Biophilic Desining Enhancing Wellbeing - Part 1

This was part 1 of an interview with Jeffrey Hart of the Building Sustainability Podcast. Tables were turned and he was interviewing our founder, Vanessa Champion.

In this episode, guest Vanessa Champion discusses biophilia and biophilic design, emphasizing the importance of nature connection and its benefits for well-being and the environment. We explore underappreciated biophilic patterns, healthcare benefits, materials, and so much more.

Overall, the focus is on improving the built environment for people and the planet through biophilic design.

Part 1!

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How the Construction Industry Can Help Make Biophilic Design More Popularized

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How the Construction Industry Can Help Make Biophilic Design More Popularized

A greater global emphasis on sustainability has caused biophilic design to gain mainstream attention, but the construction industry also has a part to play. Here’s how construction professionals can help take biophilic design’s popularity to the next level.

High-Profile Biophilic Projects

The simplest way the construction industry can popularize biophilic design is by exposing it to more people. Most of the population lives in big cities, so these locations are the most practical places to start. Greenifying our urban centres will improve the quality of life and give city dwellers a much-needed dose of nature.

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Space and Nature are a Need, not a Luxury

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Space and Nature are a Need, not a Luxury

From Edible bus-stops to pocket parks and Roof gardens on the tops of London Banks, journalist Hartley Milner takes us on a trip around the UK and London highlighting the difference nature has made to spaces, and how clever and heart-felt use of Nature in Design has transformed lives.

Read on for not only some interesting statistics but also there is a compelling interview with the architect of the beautiful and inspiring Maggie’s Cancer Care centre in Southampton.

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