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According to Benyamin Schwarz and Ruth Brent, a newer model for long-term care is emerging, patterned on residential environments.
Dean Thompson , Joseph Weber and Kevin Juozapavicius reviewed studies and interviewed residents of an assisted living facility to better understand the residents’ visitors, their pattern of activities, and how those patterns affected the residents’ well-being.
School acoustics is only one aspect of a successful school plan. Three web sites provide additional useful information to inform school, playground, and outdoor space design.
The Workplace Environment Network (WEN) of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) sponsored a symposium at EDRA's annual meeting to establish the effect of office design on organizational performance.
A quieter world would enable all of us to communicate more accurately and comfortably. But is that what our society really wants? Has our world been noisy for so long, we don’t know the value of well-managed acoustic environments?
Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria of the Harvard Business School conclude in Driven that human behavior results from the interplay among four subconscious drives.
A well-written explanation of how to control sound through design.
Healing Gardens, edited by Clare Cooper Marcus and Marni Barnes, is a comprehensive resource, bringing together many experts to discuss the general issues—and also the fine points—of healing gardens. Martha Tyson’s book, in contrast, concentrates more on the design process of creating a healing garden.
Researchers Sandra Whitehouse, James W. Varner, Michael Seid, Clare Cooper Marcus, Mary Jane Ensberg, Jennifer Jacobs and Robyn Mehlenbeck examined the Leichtag Healing Garden at the Children’s Hospital and Health Center in San Diego to identify aspects of gardens that relax and heal. Originally published in Issue 3, 2002.
Emotional Branding is a primer for designs that connect human beings. The text highlights the influence of emotional bonds on people’s experiences.