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Sensory Design: Lessons from a Tea Cup
Image: patrick george | Flickr “Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.” – Yoshio Taniguchi This quote highlights why sensory...
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Can Architecture Arouse Sentiment?
Image: Circotasu | Dreamstime “Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architecture’s task; therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.” – Adolf Loos Architecture is like music, with...
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Architectural Psychology Explained
Image: Royal Ontario Museum | wvs | Flickr Architectural psychology can be described as a branch of environmental or ecological psychology. This deals with the psychological processes of the...
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Should You Add Sound to Your Building Design?
Image: Ethan Hein | Flickr It’s hard to find a quiet place on earth anymore. Human-caused noise seems to be everywhere, and that’s because it is. (1) Our living environments are “soundscapes”, and...
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Orchestrate Great Moments in Your Building Design (Video)
As you design architecture, it is important to consider your occupant’s memory. You should consider not only what your occupants remember, but also how they remember. Why? Just after experiencing your...
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New Siftables, Change the Way You Work with Digital Media (Video)
An amazing new prototype called Siftables, developed at the MIT media Lab, merges the worlds of digital media and physical interfaces. The main idea behind them is to get virtual information into your...
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Going to Work in the Office Designs of Tomorrow
image: Incase Designs | Flickr Productivity. Collaboration. Mobility. Globalization. Socialization. Culture. Such are the buzz-words which describe the more modern workplaces of today. But where is...
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Communicating Building Value Early-On May Boost Occupant Enjoyment
Image Credit: Wolfgang Staudt | Flickr A recent study was done, mentioned in The Economist article entitled Pricing and the Brain: Hitting the Spot, where actual changes within the brain occur that...
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A Formula to Make Your Occupant’s Architectural Memories Last
Image Credit: szeke | Flickr Did you know that there is memory bias? That is, memory can be changed, boosted, or impaired. So, if this is the case: What makes building occupants form stronger...
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What Gives a Building Its Personality?
Image: seier+seier | Flickr Each nuance that a building emits comes together to become more than the sum of its parts. And often, that sum can be said to be an inherent character that a building...
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