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Open-plan workplaces are not popular with the people who use them, but thoughtful design can help.
Several recent articles have addressed the relationship between home-based work and the experience of being home.
Urban places can sometimes be noisy, dirty, or unpleasant, but what makes them annoying?
Hands, heads and feet help sense temperature, so they should be considered when installing heating or cooling.
Trains, like planes and buses, transport people in sometimes less than optimal environments.
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has studied the design review process and prepared a comprehensive overview of successful design reviews of urban plans and building façades.
Presentation context has a significant influence on alternative selection.
The British Council for Offices’ (BCO) report on the performance ramifications of workplace design discusses the value of using design to communicate company beliefs and values to employees, among many other points.
Finnish researchers have found that adolescents use music in seven different ways to control and improve their moods.
Recent research at the Harvard Medical School further defines the benefits of napping.