Resources

Evidence-rich online resource to inform placemaking. 

Comprehensive collection of case studies of undergraduate learning and recreational environments. 

Arup asks in the title to its new report on urban buildings in 2050, “Can you imagine the urban building of the future?”  

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. 

AIA is making an energy-modeling guide available without charge.

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.  

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 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).  

Researchers at the University of Granada have used neural networks to develop a software tool to predict noise levels in streets. 

Healthcare Design has prepared an introduction to effective bariatric design in healthcare environments, which is available without charge at the web address below.