Hygienic Fixtures Help Keep the Kitchen Clean
BLANCO’s durable and easy-to-clean sinks and faucets help reduce bacteria, making them key to a healthy home.
Wellness
The Workplaces of the Future Must Aim to Combat Loneliness
For some, quarantine has created options for work-life balance, but for others it means a devastating loss of everyday connections.
Better Lighting for Better Learning
Human centric lighting helps colleges and universities keep students and teachers happy and support their wellbeing.
This Exhibition Aims to Capture the Diversity of Human Health
Being Human, the permanent display at London's Wellcome Collection is a meditation on humanity in the 21st century.
New Criteria for Affordable Housing: Green and Healthy
An update to the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria certification, available to property owners of low- and moderate-income housing, integrates key aspects of WELL 2.0.
New Glass Technology Supports Circadian Lighting
Three glass products from AGC use advanced technology to promote wellness by letting in natural light, without the glare.
Redefining Fitness: How WELL v2 Is Driving More Inclusive Interiors
Rachel Gutter, CEO of the International WELL Building Institute, discusses WELL v2 and making the standard's Movement category more universal.
9 Products That Support Wellness in the Workplace
As our understanding of wellness grows more complex, designers are thinking about the full life cycle of products they are specifying for the workplace.
Upali Nanda Blends Science and Design to Connect Wellness to the Built Environment
Nanda, HKS's principal and director of research, has developed a system she calls point-of-decision design (PoDD); it seeks maximum healthy returns from the simplest solutions.
The Lighting Research Center Is Making Exciting Connections Between Light, Color, and Well-Being
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is doubling down on efforts to educate designers and manufacturers about the potential impact light has on human health.
15 Products for Designing Sustainable, Healthy Buildings and Interiors
Metropolis interviews experts from Perkins+Will, ZGF, and HOK about navigating the plethora of industry- and product-specific sustainability certifications.
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Sustainable Building Standards
Metropolis spoke to leading sustainable design firms, both large and small, about pursuing an array of ever-evolving “green” certifications.
Sustainability Glossary: Wellness
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
A Healthy Return: The Business Case for Well-Being in the Workplace
Haworth's Los Angeles office hosts an expert panel on designing offices that support today’s workers.
The New Luxury: How Architecture Redefines Extravagant Living
No longer about opulence, today’s luxury signals personal wellness, harmony with nature, and rich, dynamic experiences.
The Pursuit of Wellness: Examining the Scales of Human Performance
A Q&A with Perkins+Will on wellness in architecture, and how designers are striving to make buildings healthier.
The Biology of Happiness in the Workplace
A Q&A with FXFOWLE Architects on new research on happiness in the workplace.
How New Wellness Standards Are Reshaping Architecture
This year, a new set of sustainability codes and standards addressed an often-overlooked ecosystem: the human body.
A Healthy Return: The Business Case for Wellbeing in the Workplace – Part 4
In the 4th installment of a 4-part event series, Haworth hosts a Q&A with an expert panel on designing offices that support today’s workers.
Workplace Wellness: From Office to Home
A Q&A with ZGF Architects on how workplace wellness is bringing residential elements into the office.
