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Featured Stories

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.

Designing for Children: Playgrounds, Schools and Hospitals

What design elements affect playground use? What defines a well-designed primary school? What features do children want in common hospital spaces?  Recent studies answer these questions.

Workplace Research: Distraction, Stress Relief and Exercise

Multi-tasking, noise, nature and stair use: factors to consider in workplace design.

Workplace Research: Satisfaction, Control and Territoriality

A plethera of new research adds to our understanding of employee interactions with their physical workplaces.

Classic Article: Describing Emotional Response to Place

An established set of descriptive words can help define how people react to places.

Classic Article: Designing Effective Learning Spaces

The author summarizes much of the most important environmental psychology research related to the design of learning spaces, and her 2004 e-book remains valuable.

Sensory Metaphors – More than Meets the Ear

 Psychologists using sophisticated research tools are finding out that some of our metaphorical expressions are more than just expressions.

Designing for Health at Any Age

Health Care design needs for adolescents, elders and everyone inbetween.