5 homes where nature meets design.

Earth Day, commemorated on April 22 as a global day to honor and serve the health of our planet, has become the world’s largest civic event, observed by more than a billion people, the online magazine Luxury Defined from Christie’s International Real Estate recently wrote in an article worth reading.

Thus, the magazine celebrates the 55th Earth Day with a collection of five homes that reassert the dialogue between human habitats and the natural world through biophilic design.

The Author Lucy Carson writes: “The tenets of biophilic design incorporate the use of simpler, organic forms, sustainably built with natural materials, creating spaces infused with natural light and ventilation, with gardens, plants and water features to bring the outdoors in. 

Proponents of biophilic design assert that applying it to the built environment enhances creativity and improves health and well-being. In other words, biophilic homes are second nature for us all.”

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