From airports and apartment buildings to beautiful private houses, architects and interior designers are using trees to striking effect.

BIOPHILIC design integrates nature into design to enhance our connection to the environment. Some architects are using one of its elements to striking effect: trees.

New York-based firm ODA Architecture created a penthouse home for a client in New Delhi that has a closed courtyard at its center with a reflecting pool and a ficus microcarpa tree. Raindrops land on the glass ceiling and are reflected in the infinity-edged pool the tree resides in, truly giving an indoor/outdoor vibe.

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By now, you may be familiar with biophilic design – it’s the idea of integrating nature into design to enhance our connection to the

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Leaders of the Chinese PLA Eastern Theater Command, Naval Medical University and some family members of mission officers and soldiers greet the return of Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark on January 16,

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