The City in 2050 (02-19-13)
Arup asks in the title to its new report on urban buildings in 2050, “Can you imagine the urban building of the future?” It is clear that they can. Arup’s thoughtful prognostications about urban structures are available free at the web address noted below. The psychological implications of the new building forms are not addressed directly, but there clearly will be ramifications of being in “cities where everything can be manipulated in real time and where all components of the urban fabric are part of a single smart system and an internet of things. 
2012 Livable Buildings Award (11-29-12)
The industry partners of the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at the University of California, Berkeley, have selected the Clif Bar and Company headquarters as the winner of the 2012 Livable Buildings Award.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Workplace
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Motivate Ecological/"Green" Behaviors
- LEED/Green Construction
- Resources
- Design Process and Issues
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
AIA Energy Modeling Guide (11-14-12)
AIA is making an energy-modeling guide available without charge.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- LEED/Green Construction
- Resources
- Design Process and Issues
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Long-Term Living Risk Assessment (09-10-12)
The Center for Health Design has released a literature review prepared by Anjali Joseph and Xiaobo Quan that can be used to assess risks to patients in long-term living facilities.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Healthcare
- Long Term Living Facility
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Promote Physical Health/Improve Health Outcomes
- Age - For example: Gen X, Gen Y, Baby Boomers
- Resources
- Design Process and Issues
- Gerontologic Issues
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Getty Launches Information Portal (07-31-12)
The Getty Research Institute has launched a free online resource containing digitized materials related to architectural and art history, as well as related subjects.
Space Syntax iPad App (07-09-12)
Space syntax is an important design research tool. N.S. Dalton announced a new iPad app to support people doing space syntax research via a recent e-mail to the space syntax listserv (spacesyntax.jiscmail.ac.uk).
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Floor Plan
- Research Tools - Other
- Resources
- Design Process and Issues
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Predicting Noise Levels (06-12-12)
Researchers at the University of Granada have used neural networks to develop a software tool to predict noise levels in streets.
Bariatric Design (05-23-12)
Healthcare Design has prepared an introduction to effective bariatric design in healthcare environments, which is available without charge at the web address below.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Healthcare
- Enhance Experience
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Increase Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Promote Physical Health/Improve Health Outcomes
- Resources
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Office Acoustics (03-23-12)
Distracting sound remains a serious issue in many workplaces and the GSA Public Buildings Service has written Sound Matters: How to Achieve Acoustic Comfort in the Contemporary Office to help rectify negative situations.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Workplace
- Enhance Experience
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Foster Creativity
- Improve Mood/Increase Feelings of Wellbeing
- Increase Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Support Mental Restoration/Ease Stress
- Acoustics/Sound
- Resources
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
ASID Releases 2012 Environmental Scanning Report (03-14-12)
ASID has prepared its 2012 Environmental Scanning Report, which is available free at the web address noted below.