For a long time, the architectural world seemed convinced that the only way to make a building feel healthy was to cover it in actual plants. The star of healthy architecture was the living building.

Even plants in a dark room can add warmth and beauty, says Sara Trop founder and owner of FunCycled. Biophilic design promotes both mental and physical well-being by lowering stress, elevating mood, ...

In June 1966, Robert F. Kennedy delivered what would become one of his most famous addresses, later known as his “Ripple of Hope” speech. In it, he referenced a saying, or a curse, depending on how ...

On the first day of a required class for freshman design majors at Carnegie Mellon, my professor stood in front of a lecture hall of earnest, nervous undergraduates and asked, “Who here thinks that ...