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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.
I’m surprised at how much ground we cover in this issue, reporting on topics from good neighborhood design to what can help your clients (and you) sleep better at night.
Understanding and accommodating user needs is a sound design maxim. Researchers interviewed Seattle truck drivers to obtain their views on the design of commercial urban and suburban buildings.
Victor Regnier has been researching and writing on the issue of assisted living for over ten years. In this book, his third on the subject, his experience and insight in assisted living projects in Europe and the United States give him a depth of material to share.
Understanding the school as a teachers’ work environment is particularly important in light of current educational reforms that are changing the way time, students, and knowledge are organized in the high school.
Designers often like to review a project’s performance after completion because it provides information that can help perfect the design, or add value to the firm’s next project. Getting a client to recognize the value of such a review can be more difficult, because the value to the client is harder to quantify. Yet, a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) can facilitate organizational learning by the clients that sponsor it. How can this occur?