About this talk
Award-winning architect Amanda Sturgeon doesn’t just create beautiful buildings, she strives to design sustainable spaces that connect people with nature. Inspired by a “biophilic” design strategy, which translates to “love of life,” Amanda is determined to create projects that celebrate their surrounding environment, not shut it out.
From offices to schools to hospitals, Amanda and her team are finding that biophilic buildings create spaces in which people are happier, healthier, and more productive. Watch Amanda’s 2018 TEDMED Talk to learn how her designs are helping people to reconnect with the world around them by breaking down the walls between inside and out.
About Amanda Sturgeon
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Amanda Sturgeon is a highly respected architect and an advocate for sustainable and regenerative design. She is an award-winning architect who champions practices that connect people with nature. Since stepping down as CEO of the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) in 2020, she has continued to lead the movement for a more nature-focused built environment. Amanda’s career has been dedicated to regenerative design and biophilic design, which means creating buildings and communities that are not only less harmful to the environment but actually improve it. She was the driving force behind ILFI’s Biophilic Design Initiative, and her work aims to bring nature and its benefits—like improved health and happiness—into our daily lives and surroundings. She now works as the CEO of The Biomimicry Institute, a non-profit organization that promotes innovation inspired by nature. In this role, she helps connect innovators, educators, and change-makers to find solutions to problems like climate change and biodiversity loss by learning from natural systems. She is the author of Creating Biophilic Buildings and a two-time recipient of the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
