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AI, ESG, and human-centric workplaces on the horizon for facility managers, says CBRE report

AI, ESG, and human-centric workplaces on the horizon for facility managers, says CBRE report

Healthy Buildings: How smart building solutions can improve resident wellbeing in care homes

Healthy Buildings: How smart building solutions can improve resident wellbeing in care homes

Offices of the future: Designing for wellbeing

Offices of the future: Designing for wellbeing

The intersection of ESG and office design: How to prioritise sustainability without compromising design

The intersection of ESG and office design: How to prioritise sustainability without compromising design

Air conditioning and workplace air quality

Air conditioning and workplace air quality

Navigating sustainable materials in healthy buildings design: A specifier’s dilemma

Navigating sustainable materials in healthy buildings design: A specifier’s dilemma

Office vs. remote work: Navigating the evolving landscape

Office vs. remote work: Navigating the evolving landscape

National Inclusion Week: Motionspot shares 3 keys to inclusive design

National Inclusion Week: Motionspot shares 3 keys to inclusive design

Healthy Materials Lab: New book explores the role of design in creating a healthier built environment

Healthy Materials Lab: New book explores the role of design in creating a healthier built environment

Is the 4-day workweek the next big thing? Canadian companies unanimously vote ‘yes’

Is the 4-day workweek the next big thing? Canadian companies unanimously vote ‘yes’

Wildfire smogs in New York City accelerate focus on proposed indoor air quality regulations

Wildfire smogs in New York City accelerate focus on proposed indoor air quality regulations

Probiotic architecture: Incorporating microbiomes for healthier buildings

Probiotic architecture: Incorporating microbiomes for healthier buildings

IWBI spotlight on mental health: ‘The intersection of mental health & indoor spaces’

IWBI spotlight on mental health: ‘The intersection of mental health & indoor spaces’

Connecting community and materials, mindful MATERIALS tells all

Connecting community and materials, mindful MATERIALS tells all

Awe: The most influential pattern of biophilic design?

Awe: The most influential pattern of biophilic design?

Biophilic design: 15 patterns in nature that will immediately improve your building

Biophilic design: 15 patterns in nature that will immediately improve your building

Study: 4-day week enough to entice employees back into the office

Study: 4-day week enough to entice employees back into the office

Building a political consensus for healthier homes: why short-term thinking & funding isn’t working

Building a political consensus for healthier homes: why short-term thinking & funding isn’t working

‘Patchy at best’: AXA UK study reveals holes in workplace support for mental health

‘Patchy at best’: AXA UK study reveals holes in workplace support for mental health

Untold: The disadvantages of a 4-day workweek

Untold: The disadvantages of a 4-day workweek

Designing autism-friendly school & office spaces: ASD architect Mark Ellerby explains all

Designing autism-friendly school & office spaces: ASD architect Mark Ellerby explains all

Leading UK scientists petition toxic indoor flame retardant chemicals, with support from Interior Design Declares

Leading UK scientists petition toxic indoor flame retardant chemicals, with support from Interior Design Declares

Health and equity named ‘grounding principles’ for design in 2023

Health and equity named ‘grounding principles’ for design in 2023

UK’s 4-day work week pilot sees ‘overwhelmingly positive results’

UK’s 4-day work week pilot sees ‘overwhelmingly positive results’

Plant displays & greenspaces: how greenery provides the foundation for a healthy business

Plant displays & greenspaces: how greenery provides the foundation for a healthy business

Designing office spaces that facilitate conversations

Designing office spaces that facilitate conversations

How Neurodiverse Is Your Workplace?

How Neurodiverse Is Your Workplace?

Overcome ‘Blue Monday’ with blue space

Overcome ‘Blue Monday’ with blue space

Healthy Buildings Heroes: Ruth Kelly Waskett on the power of daylighting

Healthy Buildings Heroes: Ruth Kelly Waskett on the power of daylighting

Q&A on Air purifiers: How to mitigate the health threat from airborne mould

Q&A on Air purifiers: How to mitigate the health threat from airborne mould

Healthy Homes and Buildings APPG urges leadership action on ‘unhealthy home crisis’

Healthy Homes and Buildings APPG urges leadership action on ‘unhealthy home crisis’

How soundscapes can create more inclusive workspaces

How soundscapes can create more inclusive workspaces

The future of workplace: How design can support workers

The future of workplace: How design can support workers

How can technology enhance workplace wellbeing? – Spica Technologies has the answers

How can technology enhance workplace wellbeing? – Spica Technologies has the answers

Ben Channon: Is a Health and Wellbeing Consultant the new role we can’t afford to ignore?

Ben Channon: Is a Health and Wellbeing Consultant the new role we can’t afford to ignore?

Reinventing the post pandemic workplace based on trust and autonomy

Reinventing the post pandemic workplace based on trust and autonomy

Building Inclusivity: Roundtable to focus on how to create more inclusive workplaces

Building Inclusivity: Roundtable to focus on how to create more inclusive workplaces

Working from home: Are employers on board with EU recommendations?

Working from home: Are employers on board with EU recommendations?

Lancet Covid-19 Commission: Top four strategies to reduce COVID risk in buildings

Lancet Covid-19 Commission: Top four strategies to reduce COVID risk in buildings

Peldon Rose explains: What to do when the office honeymoon period wears off

Peldon Rose explains: What to do when the office honeymoon period wears off

The Design Museum and Design Age Institute explore ways design can support an ageing population

The Design Museum and Design Age Institute explore ways design can support an ageing population

How to create an authentic ESG strategy: Interaction’s webinar – with Work in Mind

How to create an authentic ESG strategy: Interaction’s webinar – with Work in Mind

Dr Chatterjee: “Self-criticism stresses us out”

Dr Chatterjee: “Self-criticism stresses us out”

Dr Chatterjee on how to beat burnout

Dr Chatterjee on how to beat burnout

How can firms win in the return-to-office battle?

How can firms win in the return-to-office battle?

China’s Efforts to Improve Wellness & Sustainability – a snapshot view

China’s Efforts to Improve Wellness & Sustainability – a snapshot view

Dr Chatterjee: “Don’t dwell on decisions”

Dr Chatterjee: “Don’t dwell on decisions”

How does your ESG strategy incorporate health – IWBI’s Chief Medical Officer explains

How does your ESG strategy incorporate health – IWBI’s Chief Medical Officer explains

The big return: How changes to office design can improve mental health in the workplace

The big return: How changes to office design can improve mental health in the workplace

Dr Chatterjee: “How to be calmer and more content”

Dr Chatterjee: “How to be calmer and more content”

Designing hybrid workspaces fit for the future

Designing hybrid workspaces fit for the future

How is the regenerative movement reshaping the workplace?

How is the regenerative movement reshaping the workplace?

Healthy Buildings Heroes: Martin Brown

Healthy Buildings Heroes: Martin Brown

How to be ‘Happy by Design’: Evidence-based toolkit from Ben Channon & RIBA shows you how

How to be ‘Happy by Design’: Evidence-based toolkit from Ben Channon & RIBA shows you how

ESG & wellbeing: BCO Next Gen’s Rising Star explains how to make the planets align

ESG & wellbeing: BCO Next Gen’s Rising Star explains how to make the planets align

Does your well-being strategy address your ESG goals? IWBI offers guidance on reporting workplace ESG performance metrics

Does your well-being strategy address your ESG goals? IWBI offers guidance on reporting workplace ESG performance metrics

Concerned about EMF Pollution in your home office? Here’s what you can do

Concerned about EMF Pollution in your home office? Here’s what you can do

The menopause at work: Designing supportive spaces

The menopause at work: Designing supportive spaces

New book explores healthy, sustainable and humane interior design

New book explores healthy, sustainable and humane interior design

Open letter calls for ‘urgent update’ to WHO ventilation roadmap

Open letter calls for ‘urgent update’ to WHO ventilation roadmap

Lidia Morawska: “We are failing to prepare our indoor spaces”

Lidia Morawska: “We are failing to prepare our indoor spaces”

Working from home: How to avoid burnout

Working from home: How to avoid burnout

Ask the expert: Could South Korea be a global leader in healthy workplace innovation? – J.S. Gan thinks so

Ask the expert: Could South Korea be a global leader in healthy workplace innovation? – J.S. Gan thinks so

Ask the expert: How Office APP created a workforce mindful of mental health

Ask the expert: How Office APP created a workforce mindful of mental health

Ben Channon: “Ignore occupant wellbeing and you risk falling behind”

Ben Channon: “Ignore occupant wellbeing and you risk falling behind”

Podcast: Are bad working environments detrimental to our wellbeing?

Podcast: Are bad working environments detrimental to our wellbeing?

Dr Joseph Allen on COVID-19: “We should question employers about air quality”

Dr Joseph Allen on COVID-19: “We should question employers about air quality”

Should clean air be considered a basic employment right?

Should clean air be considered a basic employment right?

Dr Joseph Allen: “Our buildings have the power to combat COVID-19”

Dr Joseph Allen: “Our buildings have the power to combat COVID-19”

WELL Health-Safety Rating builds confidence from the inside, out

WELL Health-Safety Rating builds confidence from the inside, out

Teacher stress: The shocking impact acoustics have on wellbeing

Teacher stress: The shocking impact acoustics have on wellbeing

Ask more questions about buildings’ indoor air quality – say leading scientists

Ask more questions about buildings’ indoor air quality – say leading scientists

How to achieve a holistic approach to building material specification

How to achieve a holistic approach to building material specification

How to get staff to unplug from work: a guide for employers

How to get staff to unplug from work: a guide for employers

Global CEOs rethink plans to downsize office space – but demand for vaccination proof is high

Global CEOs rethink plans to downsize office space – but demand for vaccination proof is high

Holistic benefits of timber: new whitepaper bolsters evidence for wood products specification

Holistic benefits of timber: new whitepaper bolsters evidence for wood products specification

“What we need is reassurance”: Peldon Rose gives us the low-down on cleanliness, nomadic working & tech investment

“What we need is reassurance”: Peldon Rose gives us the low-down on cleanliness, nomadic working & tech investment

Webinar: How to make your workplaces and buildings safer and healthier in 2021

Webinar: How to make your workplaces and buildings safer and healthier in 2021

Post pandemic office design: Enticing back the workforce

Post pandemic office design: Enticing back the workforce

Is asbestos still a risk for workers?

Is asbestos still a risk for workers?

FutureWork: Co-winners of BCO NextGen design competition say we need a holistic approach to global challenges

FutureWork: Co-winners of BCO NextGen design competition say we need a holistic approach to global challenges

Future perfect: Co-winner of BCO NextGen Design Competition offers up a more agile way of working

Future perfect: Co-winner of BCO NextGen Design Competition offers up a more agile way of working

Pedalling furiously: Workers report a ‘cycle of fatigue’ when working from home

Pedalling furiously: Workers report a ‘cycle of fatigue’ when working from home

Public health body calls for better mental and physical health support for employees

Public health body calls for better mental and physical health support for employees

Dr Chatterjee: How to kickstart healthy habits

Dr Chatterjee: How to kickstart healthy habits

Home working: Are we facing a musculoskeletal crisis?

Home working: Are we facing a musculoskeletal crisis?

Working from home: 5 ideas for healthier home working

Working from home: 5 ideas for healthier home working

Workplaces are in ‘the eye of the storm’ – greater safety controls needed

Workplaces are in ‘the eye of the storm’ – greater safety controls needed

How to beat the January blues: Five ways employers can support their teams

How to beat the January blues: Five ways employers can support their teams

Workplace productivity: How to work happier and stress less

Workplace productivity: How to work happier and stress less

Mental health and work: How to protect yourself – and others

Mental health and work: How to protect yourself – and others

Remote working: How to rethink your space at home

Remote working: How to rethink your space at home

Office of the Future Report: Peldon Rose’s Leeson Medhurst unpicks the detail

Office of the Future Report: Peldon Rose’s Leeson Medhurst unpicks the detail

Look to the future: We talk to a rising star – BCO NextGen Awards winner Shauna Bradley

Look to the future: We talk to a rising star – BCO NextGen Awards winner Shauna Bradley

Workplace wellbeing: Creating safe office spaces

Workplace wellbeing: Creating safe office spaces

Ask the expert: How to fall in love with sleep

Ask the expert: How to fall in love with sleep

Post-pandemic life: Will 15-minute city thinking help us all?

Post-pandemic life: Will 15-minute city thinking help us all?

The menopause: Why we need to factor it into workplace design

The menopause: Why we need to factor it into workplace design

Ask the expert: How can we sort our work life balance?

Ask the expert: How can we sort our work life balance?

COVID-19: Is your building ripe for infection?

COVID-19: Is your building ripe for infection?

Workplace wellbeing: Are timber buildings the future?

Workplace wellbeing: Are timber buildings the future?

Addressing loneliness through design: Creating community, culture and connection

Addressing loneliness through design: Creating community, culture and connection

Covid-19: How the pandemic exposed work-related inequality

Covid-19: How the pandemic exposed work-related inequality

Dr Michael Mosley: “Shift work can be deadly”

Dr Michael Mosley: “Shift work can be deadly”

Ask the expert: Is ‘ready to work’ space the way forward for landlords?

Ask the expert: Is ‘ready to work’ space the way forward for landlords?

Hyperlocal working: Putting healthy workplaces at the centre of thriving communities

Hyperlocal working: Putting healthy workplaces at the centre of thriving communities

The power of colour: Using design to create calm

The power of colour: Using design to create calm

Coronavirus: Lessons from lockdown

Coronavirus: Lessons from lockdown

Wood, Wellbeing and Performance: How Workers Thrive in Wood Buildings

Wood, Wellbeing and Performance: How Workers Thrive in Wood Buildings

How to optimise home working: FIRA publishes new guides for employers & employees

How to optimise home working: FIRA publishes new guides for employers & employees

How to improve your sleep: The expert guide

How to improve your sleep: The expert guide

Keeping the office alive: Gurvinder Khurana says ‘press pause, press play’

Keeping the office alive: Gurvinder Khurana says ‘press pause, press play’

Mental health: How to protect your psychological state when working from home

Mental health: How to protect your psychological state when working from home

Acas coronavirus advice: how to handle returning to work

Acas coronavirus advice: how to handle returning to work

Preventing Legionnaires’ disease: companies must act now before workplace reoccupation

Preventing Legionnaires’ disease: companies must act now before workplace reoccupation

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response: the potential to induce wellbeing

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response: the potential to induce wellbeing

Designing for wellbeing: Why getting it right at home boosts your performance back at work

Designing for wellbeing: Why getting it right at home boosts your performance back at work

Workplace ergonomics: How to create a healthy home office

Workplace ergonomics: How to create a healthy home office

The ‘new normal’: What will the workplace look like in the short, medium and longer-term?

The ‘new normal’: What will the workplace look like in the short, medium and longer-term?

Is Covid-19 stamping out serendipity in the workplace?

Is Covid-19 stamping out serendipity in the workplace?

Remote working: Impact on our mental health revealed

Remote working: Impact on our mental health revealed

Covid-19: Managing a safe return to workplaces

Covid-19: Managing a safe return to workplaces

Dr Chatterjee: How to protect your mental health in lockdown

Dr Chatterjee: How to protect your mental health in lockdown

Mental health: Reimagining the workplace after lockdown

Mental health: Reimagining the workplace after lockdown

Music for wellbeing: Can our choice of tunes lift our positivity & wellbeing in lockdown?

Music for wellbeing: Can our choice of tunes lift our positivity & wellbeing in lockdown?

BCO predicts how Covid-19 will change the workplace

BCO predicts how Covid-19 will change the workplace

Covid-19: How will it change the way we work?

Covid-19: How will it change the way we work?

Roadmap outlines behavioural and environmental changes needed for workplace re-occupancy

Roadmap outlines behavioural and environmental changes needed for workplace re-occupancy

Working from home: How to stay focused

Working from home: How to stay focused

Air cleaning should become standard practice

Air cleaning should become standard practice

The office re-visited: What to expect when we (finally) return

The office re-visited: What to expect when we (finally) return

Can we future-proof buildings against viral outbreaks?

Can we future-proof buildings against viral outbreaks?

Understanding hypomania: And why you need to know if it affects you

Understanding hypomania: And why you need to know if it affects you

Working from home: How to keep collaboration alive

Working from home: How to keep collaboration alive

The office soundscape: How to get the right balance of noise in the workplace

The office soundscape: How to get the right balance of noise in the workplace

Coronavirus: How to juggle work and family

Coronavirus: How to juggle work and family

Life lessons: Dealing with a new way of being during COVID-19

Life lessons: Dealing with a new way of being during COVID-19

Healthy workspaces: The power of colour

Healthy workspaces: The power of colour

Successful remote working: How to maintain good mental health

Successful remote working: How to maintain good mental health

See the light: Top tips for lighting a home workplace

See the light: Top tips for lighting a home workplace

Surviving self-isolation: how to bring the outside indoors

Surviving self-isolation: how to bring the outside indoors

Working from home? Here’s how your home office can support your wellbeing

Working from home? Here’s how your home office can support your wellbeing

PRESENTEEISM: Why Covid-19 outbreak is the time to tackle it

PRESENTEEISM: Why Covid-19 outbreak is the time to tackle it

Top 5 ways to boost your health and reduce your exposure to EMFs at work

Top 5 ways to boost your health and reduce your exposure to EMFs at work

Coronavirus: How to work from home productively

Coronavirus: How to work from home productively

Working from home during Coronavirus: free training courses available

Working from home during Coronavirus: free training courses available

Why work should be a meaningful place

Why work should be a meaningful place

Wellbeing at work: Why we need to rethink privacy

Wellbeing at work: Why we need to rethink privacy

Small changes, big differences: four easy steps to improve wellbeing in the workplace

Small changes, big differences: four easy steps to improve wellbeing in the workplace

Interior design: How to make healthy choices

Interior design: How to make healthy choices

The benefits of biophilia: More than just improving indoor air quality

The benefits of biophilia: More than just improving indoor air quality

The corporate wellbeing journey – your roadmap for success

The corporate wellbeing journey – your roadmap for success

How to recruit and retain staff through design

How to recruit and retain staff through design

Claire Truman RIBA: How heritage buildings affect the wellbeing of occupants

Claire Truman RIBA: How heritage buildings affect the wellbeing of occupants

Chloe Bullock: What effect does the built environment have on the planet, our health and animals?

Chloe Bullock: What effect does the built environment have on the planet, our health and animals?

Ben Channon: Introducing our new wellbeing columnist

Ben Channon: Introducing our new wellbeing columnist

Is the four-day week realistic?

Is the four-day week realistic?

Wellbeing in prisons: The 50p solution to violence in prisons

Wellbeing in prisons: The 50p solution to violence in prisons

Natasha Wallace: Getting conscious – what does it mean?

Natasha Wallace: Getting conscious – what does it mean?

Joff Sharpe: How workplace design supports productivity

Joff Sharpe: How workplace design supports productivity

The new science of ‘Therapeutic’ architecture — and what it could mean for your workplace

The new science of ‘Therapeutic’ architecture — and what it could mean for your workplace

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: How to ease neck pain

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: How to ease neck pain

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: How to be less stressed and more productive

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: How to be less stressed and more productive

Designing for good indoor air quality is no simple matter – are you up to standard?

Designing for good indoor air quality is no simple matter – are you up to standard?

Healthy workspaces: Why we must demand transparency

Healthy workspaces: Why we must demand transparency

How Indoor Environmental Quality impacts health, wellbeing and productivity at work

How Indoor Environmental Quality impacts health, wellbeing and productivity at work

Why designing for dementia means designing for everyone

Why designing for dementia means designing for everyone

3 principles for uniting people and property in the low carbon workplace

3 principles for uniting people and property in the low carbon workplace

Why wellness awareness is a must for building engineers & managers

Why wellness awareness is a must for building engineers & managers

Workplace stress: How design can create calm

Workplace stress: How design can create calm

How the built environment can enhance and transform the employee experience

How the built environment can enhance and transform the employee experience

Stress: What are the symptoms and how do you manage it?

Stress: What are the symptoms and how do you manage it?

Student mental health: Designing accommodation to foster wellbeing

Student mental health: Designing accommodation to foster wellbeing

Professor Cary Cooper: How to improve workplace wellbeing

Professor Cary Cooper: How to improve workplace wellbeing

Sadie Morgan: New foundation promotes wellbeing & quality of life through better built environment

Sadie Morgan: New foundation promotes wellbeing & quality of life through better built environment

Back pain at work: How to sit at your desk properly

Back pain at work: How to sit at your desk properly

John O’Brien: Why isn’t everyone creating productive, high-performing & healthier workplaces?

John O’Brien: Why isn’t everyone creating productive, high-performing & healthier workplaces?

Curate not create: In our climate crisis – should we build less, not more?

Curate not create: In our climate crisis – should we build less, not more?

Indoor pollutants: The hidden menaces in your office

Indoor pollutants: The hidden menaces in your office

How to avoid loneliness in a flexible working world?

How to avoid loneliness in a flexible working world?

Mental health in nursing: Can hospital design improve wellbeing?

Mental health in nursing: Can hospital design improve wellbeing?

Practical ways in which the built environment can assist those with balance disorders

Practical ways in which the built environment can assist those with balance disorders

Productivity puzzle: Is the 4 day week the answer?

Productivity puzzle: Is the 4 day week the answer?

Indoor air pollution: Why the building owner isn’t always to blame

Indoor air pollution: Why the building owner isn’t always to blame

Stephen Marks makes the connection between light and wellbeing

Stephen Marks makes the connection between light and wellbeing

How environmental factors can affect productivity in the workplace

How environmental factors can affect productivity in the workplace

Design for collaboration: How to make it happen

Design for collaboration: How to make it happen

Sit stand desks – can they save lives?

Sit stand desks – can they save lives?

Why governments should prioritise wellbeing

Why governments should prioritise wellbeing

Is there still a place for the traditional office?

Is there still a place for the traditional office?

Pollution: Why internal air quality is critical for business

Pollution: Why internal air quality is critical for business

Wellbeing at work: Why we need a collective voice

Wellbeing at work: Why we need a collective voice

Office washrooms: Reimagined as sensory spaces that aid workplace wellbeing

Office washrooms: Reimagined as sensory spaces that aid workplace wellbeing

Neurodivergent design: Simple, affordable strategies to help neurodiverse people flourish at work

Neurodivergent design: Simple, affordable strategies to help neurodiverse people flourish at work

Helping organisations wake up to wellbeing

Helping organisations wake up to wellbeing

Clean Air Day: Breathing clean air is a basic human right – says British Safety Council

Clean Air Day: Breathing clean air is a basic human right – says British Safety Council

Mental strength: how strong are you?

Mental strength: how strong are you?

Workplace design: How to support the mobile workforce

Workplace design: How to support the mobile workforce

Ignorance on air pollution: “There is no excuse for inaction”

Ignorance on air pollution: “There is no excuse for inaction”

Stress: Can a little be a good thing?

Stress: Can a little be a good thing?

Mental health at work: 10 ways to stress less

Mental health at work: 10 ways to stress less

Dr Chatterjee: “How to be less stressed at work”

Dr Chatterjee: “How to be less stressed at work”

Mental Health Awareness Week: How to beat stress and keep the mind healthy

Mental Health Awareness Week: How to beat stress and keep the mind healthy

Creating an Engaging Built Environment for Generation Z

Creating an Engaging Built Environment for Generation Z

Mental health in the workplace: Scotland’s largest businesses pledge to reduce the stigma

Mental health in the workplace: Scotland’s largest businesses pledge to reduce the stigma

Linda Geddes: “Don’t underestimate the power of natural light”

Linda Geddes: “Don’t underestimate the power of natural light”

Neil Usher: The bearable lightness of wellbeing

Neil Usher: The bearable lightness of wellbeing

The mental health crisis in construction: How to safeguard wellbeing

The mental health crisis in construction: How to safeguard wellbeing

Biophilic design: The benefits for the bottom line

Biophilic design: The benefits for the bottom line

Demystifying wellbeing at work

Demystifying wellbeing at work

Workplace productivity: Does your workspace affect your performance?

Workplace productivity: Does your workspace affect your performance?

Timber foundations for health and wellbeing in the workplace

Timber foundations for health and wellbeing in the workplace

Clean air: Could this living wall transform your working day?

Clean air: Could this living wall transform your working day?

Furniture toxicity: A US giant’s drive for material transparency

Furniture toxicity: A US giant’s drive for material transparency

How biophilic design can help with employee mental health

How biophilic design can help with employee mental health

Workplace wellness: Why a fruit box doesn’t answer millennial expectations

Workplace wellness: Why a fruit box doesn’t answer millennial expectations

Biophilic design: Bill Browning explains the dramatic impact it has on wellbeing

Biophilic design: Bill Browning explains the dramatic impact it has on wellbeing

Heavy Metal Cities: Josh Artus argues that the race to build our 21st Century world is impacting our human capital

Heavy Metal Cities: Josh Artus argues that the race to build our 21st Century world is impacting our human capital

Mental health in construction: Breaking down the stigma

Mental health in construction: Breaking down the stigma

New Zealand Government to focus on wellbeing

New Zealand Government to focus on wellbeing

Chasing the Sun: new book explores the extraordinary significance of sunlight

Chasing the Sun: new book explores the extraordinary significance of sunlight

Healthcare: How can design alleviate stress?

Healthcare: How can design alleviate stress?

Industry leaders must transform mental health: Mates in Mind calls for more action

Industry leaders must transform mental health: Mates in Mind calls for more action

Boost or buckle: 5 ways your workplace could be impacting your wellbeing

Boost or buckle: 5 ways your workplace could be impacting your wellbeing

Business case for workplace wellbeing: Work in Mind’s Joanna Watchman explains

Business case for workplace wellbeing: Work in Mind’s Joanna Watchman explains

How to create a wellbeing culture: Three new films from British Safety Council

How to create a wellbeing culture: Three new films from British Safety Council

Working environment, not time of the year has most negative effect on staff wellbeing

Working environment, not time of the year has most negative effect on staff wellbeing

Wayfinding: the powerful impact it has on wellbeing

Wayfinding: the powerful impact it has on wellbeing

Employers and why they need to prioritise wellness in the workplace

Employers and why they need to prioritise wellness in the workplace

Engagement is key to health and wellbeing success

Engagement is key to health and wellbeing success

The WELL Building standard versus corporate wellness programmes – where to invest?

The WELL Building standard versus corporate wellness programmes – where to invest?

Workplace productivity: Project explores impact of poor indoor environmental conditions on output

Workplace productivity: Project explores impact of poor indoor environmental conditions on output

Wellness certification: does it skew the workplace design agenda?

Wellness certification: does it skew the workplace design agenda?

Sick building syndrome: Does intelligent software hold the answer?

Sick building syndrome: Does intelligent software hold the answer?

Indoor air pollution: Why we need to reduce emissions from timber products

Indoor air pollution: Why we need to reduce emissions from timber products

Inclusive design: Are disabled people being let down on a global scale?

Inclusive design: Are disabled people being let down on a global scale?

Ben Channon: One simple idea to improve mental wellbeing worldwide

Ben Channon: One simple idea to improve mental wellbeing worldwide

Could these trends transform our attitude to workplace wellbeing?

Could these trends transform our attitude to workplace wellbeing?

Is standing the solution to white-collar weight gain?

Is standing the solution to white-collar weight gain?

Improving accessibility in shopping & retail centres: the ethical & commercial case

Improving accessibility in shopping & retail centres: the ethical & commercial case

Mental health at work: How to support staff

Mental health at work: How to support staff

Mary Portas on work: “We wanted to create a space in which people wanted to be”

Mary Portas on work: “We wanted to create a space in which people wanted to be”

Stress Awareness: How we can adapt our physical workspaces to improve wellbeing

Stress Awareness: How we can adapt our physical workspaces to improve wellbeing

Can art cure you? Canadian doctors write prescriptions for museum visits

Can art cure you? Canadian doctors write prescriptions for museum visits

Productivity and profit: Why we need to invest in healthy buildings

Productivity and profit: Why we need to invest in healthy buildings

UKGBC’S CEO asks: What does the concept of beauty have to do with the built environment?

UKGBC’S CEO asks: What does the concept of beauty have to do with the built environment?

Welfare at Work: There should be no grey areas where welfare is concerned

Welfare at Work: There should be no grey areas where welfare is concerned

New book ‘Happy by Design’ explores intersection of mental health and physical space

New book ‘Happy by Design’ explores intersection of mental health and physical space

Wellbeing in construction: Can pink walls lead to progress?

Wellbeing in construction: Can pink walls lead to progress?

Designing for health and wellbeing

Designing for health and wellbeing

Workforce wellbeing: Why personalised measures are fundamental to success

Workforce wellbeing: Why personalised measures are fundamental to success

Teacher stress: The urgent need to reduce it from toxic to tolerable

Teacher stress: The urgent need to reduce it from toxic to tolerable

Sound advice: How acoustics hold a key to productivity

Sound advice: How acoustics hold a key to productivity

Paul Scialla on the Healthy Building Movement

Paul Scialla on the Healthy Building Movement

Can good germs make healthy buildings?

Can good germs make healthy buildings?

Is anyone being left behind by the agile working revolution?

Is anyone being left behind by the agile working revolution?

Art: A powerful tool supporting positive workspace trends

Art: A powerful tool supporting positive workspace trends

Biophilia: Why we need nature in the workplace

Biophilia: Why we need nature in the workplace

Lease considerations when implementing the WELL Building Standard

Lease considerations when implementing the WELL Building Standard

Education: How classroom design holds the key to productivity and motivation

Education: How classroom design holds the key to productivity and motivation

New biophilic design guide connects wellbeing & nature 

New biophilic design guide connects wellbeing & nature 

Technology: Improving workspace efficiency and experience

Technology: Improving workspace efficiency and experience

Eye strain at work: 7 ways to ease the impact of screen time  

Eye strain at work: 7 ways to ease the impact of screen time  

Work in Mind asks: Should we pay staff to sleep?

Work in Mind asks: Should we pay staff to sleep?

The thinking behind Work in Mind: the launch of new content platform for workplace wellbeing

The thinking behind Work in Mind: the launch of new content platform for workplace wellbeing

Biophilic Cities conference will promote best practice in biophilic design

Biophilic Cities conference will promote best practice in biophilic design

Urban Land Institute report explores value proposition of healthy buildings

Urban Land Institute report explores value proposition of healthy buildings

AI, ESG, and human-centric workplaces on the horizon for facility managers, says CBRE report

AI, ESG, and human-centric workplaces on the horizon for facility managers, says CBRE report

Healthy Buildings: How smart building solutions can improve resident wellbeing in care homes

Healthy Buildings: How smart building solutions can improve resident wellbeing in care homes

Offices of the future: Designing for wellbeing

Offices of the future: Designing for wellbeing

The intersection of ESG and office design: How to prioritise sustainability without compromising design

The intersection of ESG and office design: How to prioritise sustainability without compromising design

Air conditioning and workplace air quality

Air conditioning and workplace air quality

Navigating sustainable materials in healthy buildings design: A specifier’s dilemma

Navigating sustainable materials in healthy buildings design: A specifier’s dilemma

Office vs. remote work: Navigating the evolving landscape

Office vs. remote work: Navigating the evolving landscape

National Inclusion Week: Motionspot shares 3 keys to inclusive design

National Inclusion Week: Motionspot shares 3 keys to inclusive design

Healthy Materials Lab: New book explores the role of design in creating a healthier built environment

Healthy Materials Lab: New book explores the role of design in creating a healthier built environment

Is the 4-day workweek the next big thing? Canadian companies unanimously vote ‘yes’

Is the 4-day workweek the next big thing? Canadian companies unanimously vote ‘yes’

Wildfire smogs in New York City accelerate focus on proposed indoor air quality regulations

Wildfire smogs in New York City accelerate focus on proposed indoor air quality regulations

Probiotic architecture: Incorporating microbiomes for healthier buildings

Probiotic architecture: Incorporating microbiomes for healthier buildings

IWBI spotlight on mental health: ‘The intersection of mental health & indoor spaces’

IWBI spotlight on mental health: ‘The intersection of mental health & indoor spaces’

Connecting community and materials, mindful MATERIALS tells all

Connecting community and materials, mindful MATERIALS tells all

Awe: The most influential pattern of biophilic design?

Awe: The most influential pattern of biophilic design?

Biophilic design: 15 patterns in nature that will immediately improve your building

Biophilic design: 15 patterns in nature that will immediately improve your building

Study: 4-day week enough to entice employees back into the office

Study: 4-day week enough to entice employees back into the office

Building a political consensus for healthier homes: why short-term thinking & funding isn’t working

Building a political consensus for healthier homes: why short-term thinking & funding isn’t working

‘Patchy at best’: AXA UK study reveals holes in workplace support for mental health

‘Patchy at best’: AXA UK study reveals holes in workplace support for mental health

Untold: The disadvantages of a 4-day workweek

Untold: The disadvantages of a 4-day workweek

Designing autism-friendly school & office spaces: ASD architect Mark Ellerby explains all

Designing autism-friendly school & office spaces: ASD architect Mark Ellerby explains all

Leading UK scientists petition toxic indoor flame retardant chemicals, with support from Interior Design Declares

Leading UK scientists petition toxic indoor flame retardant chemicals, with support from Interior Design Declares

Health and equity named ‘grounding principles’ for design in 2023

Health and equity named ‘grounding principles’ for design in 2023

UK’s 4-day work week pilot sees ‘overwhelmingly positive results’

UK’s 4-day work week pilot sees ‘overwhelmingly positive results’

Plant displays & greenspaces: how greenery provides the foundation for a healthy business

Plant displays & greenspaces: how greenery provides the foundation for a healthy business

Designing office spaces that facilitate conversations

Designing office spaces that facilitate conversations

How Neurodiverse Is Your Workplace?

How Neurodiverse Is Your Workplace?

Overcome ‘Blue Monday’ with blue space

Overcome ‘Blue Monday’ with blue space

Healthy Buildings Heroes: Ruth Kelly Waskett on the power of daylighting

Healthy Buildings Heroes: Ruth Kelly Waskett on the power of daylighting

Q&A on Air purifiers: How to mitigate the health threat from airborne mould

Q&A on Air purifiers: How to mitigate the health threat from airborne mould

Healthy Homes and Buildings APPG urges leadership action on ‘unhealthy home crisis’

Healthy Homes and Buildings APPG urges leadership action on ‘unhealthy home crisis’

How soundscapes can create more inclusive workspaces

How soundscapes can create more inclusive workspaces

The future of workplace: How design can support workers

The future of workplace: How design can support workers