Wellness Architecture & Design Initiative Trends
2023 Trends
TREND 1: From Sustainability to Wellness Architecture and Regenerative Design
TREND 2: Planning and designing to enhance the seven human-centered wellness benefits and dimensions
TREND 3: Thin Places, either natural or constructed
TREND 4: Biophilic Design
TREND 5: Designing to enhance a sense of belonging and reciprocity with the land
TREND 6: Designing to promote greater physical movement, especially for Senior Living
TREND 7: Smart Homes
TREND 8: Open Floor Plans
TREND 9: Adaptive Reuse
TREND 10: Wellness-Oriented Spaces
TREND 11: Flexibility and Multi-functionality
TREND 12: Emphasis on local and artisanal
2022 Trends
TREND 1: Blurring Lines Between Our Internal and External Environments
TREND 2: : Architecture and Design for Sleep, Rest and Calm
TREND 3: Architecture and Design for Mental Wellness
TREND 4: Soul Architecture
2021 Trends
TREND 1: Spiritual and Numinous Moments in Architecture
TREND 2: Deep Integration of Nature
TREND 3: Mass Migrations Cause the Building Industry to Boom
TREND 4: Wellness Spaces Transform Our Homes Forever
TREND 5: The Microscope Is on Home Life
2020 Trends
TREND 1: Prescribing Light
TREND 2: The Architecture of Sleep
TREND 3: What to know about Electromagnetic Radiation & the Built Environment
TREND 4: Race to Net Zero
TREND 5: Earth, Humanity & the Cosmos: How Ancient Design Practices Optimize Wellbeing
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