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Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) has developed two free software tools to help designers, managers, and planners configure open-plan office environments.
Recent color research has investigated relationships between the emotions and preference.
In a study of forest settings without paths, researchers have shown that if a location has either visual access or legibility, it will be preferred.
Men and women perceive the color red in different ways.
Individuals talking on cell phones are not as aware of information being presented in the area they are passing through as individuals who are not talking on cell phones.
Grass and trees in outdoor spaces were shown to increase the use and social activity in outdoor places.
Sarah Susanka describes the basic architectural principles that create a homelike setting.
Is there a successful recipe for creating urban open space? This book is a primer on creating spaces that encourage public use.
Research continues to explore the link between the air we breathe at work and human health and productivity. Several studies find building-related factors to be related to air quality, while equipment, such as new computers, can also pose air-quality problems. How people feel about their work environment also affects their satisfaction with the perceived quality of ventilation.
Measures to protect pedestrian safety sometimes seem counter-intuitive. What interventions are effective, and what can we do to reconcile the difference between what is safer, and what we think is safer? Originally published in Issue 3, 2004.