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Guest Experts: The Evolution of Retail Design
How we shop and buy is changing. This has significant implications for the design of retail spaces.
Affinity Health Gets the Noise Out
Affinity Health uses new materials to quiet an emergency room.
- 2010 - Issue 2
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- Hospitals
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Improve Mood/Increase Feelings of Wellbeing
- Increase Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Optimize Learning Outcomes
- Promote Physical Health/Improve Health Outcomes
- Support Mental Restoration/Ease Stress
- Acoustics/Sound
- Acoustics
- Health Care Environments
- Sound
The Value of Nature for Older Adults
A valuable DVD resource for getting the elderly outdoors.
Susan Rodiek. 2009. “The Value of Nature for Older Adults: People, Policies, and Places.” Center for Health Systems & Design, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas.
The Green Workplace: Sustainable Strategies That Benefit Employees, the Environment, and the Bottom Line
This book details strategies for greening workplaces, using pertinent case studies to provide insights into the process.
Leigh Stringer. 2009. Palgrave Macmillan
Evidence-Based Design for Healthcare Facilities
Advice for practice rooted in environmental psychology research.
Cynthia McCullough, Editor. 2010. Sigma Theta Tau International (The Honor Society of Nursing).
Great Public Squares: An Architect’s Selection
This book explores the parameters of exceptional public squares and spaces.
Robert Gatje. 2010. W.W. Norton & Company.
What Americans Build and Why: Psychological Perspectives
How American society has shaped, and is shaped by, the spaces it has created for itself.
Ann Devlin. 2010. Cambridge University Press.
Walking and Thinking
Walking enhances cognitive performance.
Neighborhood Satisfaction
A recent study makes a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between neighborhood satisfaction, naturalness, and openness, while another looks at sustainable neighborhood design.
Camping and Hiking
Recent research to assist in designing camping sites and hiking trails.