If you’re ready to build a new custom Florida dream home, enjoying the Sunshine State’s year-round temperate climate and fabulous indoor-outdoor lifestyle likely is on your wish list.
ICI Homes’ On Your Land or Ours division can help you make it happen, and we’re here with a burgeoning trend that could take your indoor-outdoor aspirations to the next level.
It’s biophilic design — an effort to blend inside and outside environments in new residential construction.
Despite its odd sound, biophilic design simply means using interior and exterior design, plus architecture, to integrate the outside natural world with a new custom Florida home’s interior. It can utilize anything from potted houseplants in a home’s entryway, to soaring glass walls that capture stunning views of ancient live oaks.
Or, whatever you can conjure alongside our On Your Land or Ours pros!
Here’s more on using biophilic design in YOUR new custom dream home.
Key takeaways
- Biophilic design blends indoor and outdoor spaces to create a home that feels more connected to nature.
- Features like expansive windows, sliding glass walls, outdoor living spaces, and natural light help create a seamless indoor-outdoor lifestyle.
- Water features, landscaping, fresh air, and thoughtfully placed greenery can enhance both the beauty and comfort of a custom home.
- With custom design options, homeowners can incorporate biophilic elements that fit their lifestyle, homesite, and vision.
Defining biophilic design
Per the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, biophilic is an adjective describing, “…the human tendency to interact or be closely associated with other forms of life in nature.”
It’s also the No. 2-ranked trend/search term in Realtor.com’s 2025 Hottest Home Trends Report, which spotlights each year’s 30 fastest-growing home trends based on the frequency of search phrases in active Realtor.com resale listings. Each year’s report compares each phrase to its frequency of occurrence in the previous year’s report.
Searches of “Biophilic/Indoor-Outdoor” increased a whopping 162.6 percent from 2024 to 2025, cementing this trend in current residential real-estate consciousness.
Its prevalence ranked as “widespread” based on how often “Biophilic/Indoor-Outdoor” showed up in active resale listings. Its median list price — a snapshot of pricing ranges where the phrase appeared — was $858,999.
Customize the look with us
Ready to embrace this intriguing trend? ICI Homes’ On Your Land or Ours pros have spent decades working hand-in-hand to build customers’ dream homes.
Our in-house design team keeps everything cost-effective and streamlined, and we’ll help you customize a biophilic home that shares natural beauty with your interior vision.
Use these suggestions to spark your “biophilic’ imagination.
Boundary-less transitions
A hallmark of Florida residential design, outdoor living spaces create an extension of your home’s interior, and vice versa.
Think sliding glass doors that open and close accordion-style off living spaces and owners suites, instantly creating an expansive environment.
Today’s stronger, finer-meshed pool cages also contribute to biophilic design by eliminating extraneous support posts and providing panoramic views.
Water features
Also think beyond swimming pools. Consider waterfalls or fountain sprays that augment your pool and add soundscapes to shared indoor-outdoor spaces.
Natural light and fresh air
Window walls bathe open living spaces in Florida sunshine. Sliders work here too, mingling breezes, rustling trees and ceiling fans.
And don’t forget your nose! Stock your biophilic space with flowers and shrubs whose fragrance can ride that fresh air.
Ready for your new custom Florida home? Talk to ICI Homes On Your Land or Ours here.