2008 - Issue 2

This is a reader friendly guide for developing environmentally sustainable urban plans, or “sustainable urbanism.”

Two recent articles on office design are about creating places that are satisfying to users—the first through providing appropriate levels of privacy, the second through fine-tuning office type.

The physical environment of a meeting facility has a major impact on what happens in a meeting.

Evidence-based healthcare design is relevent and timely, as experts anticipate an impending boom in healthcare construction.

Seveal recent articles investigate the relationship between the design of the external environment and human well-being.

Lighting influences how we use a space. It can be considered a building material, just as concrete and steel are building materials, although it lacks physical form.

In this classic article, patients seemed to experience less uncontrolled pain when they had the opportunity to look at nature scene murals and listen to a tape recording of nature sounds.

The physical environments of schools can be modified to motivate children to be more physically active.

There are many specific design implications for creating places that are appropriate for autistic users.

Occupant surveys reveal that people working in green buildings have different opinions about their building and their comfort.