DESIGN/HEALth RESOURCES

Quick Resource Links

Articles & Journal Publications

  • Articles & Journal Publications• Architectural Allostatic Overloading: Exploring a Connection between Architectural Form and Allostatic Overloading. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2023, 20(9), 5637.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095637
  •  Architectural Neuroimmunology: A Pilot Study Examining the Impact of Biophilic Architectural Designon Neuroinflammation. Buildings, 2024, 14(5), 1292. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14051292
  • Architecture and Public Health: From Harmful Designs to Healthy Built Environments. BMJ, 2024;
    387. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2773
  • Banasiak, M. (2019). When nature calls: The importance of restroom design to support cognition.
    Journal of Science Informed Design. https://theccd.org/article/when-nature-calls-the-importance-of-r
    estroom-design-to-support-cognition/
  • Banasiak, M. (2020). When senses are in conflict: Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum. In G.
    Lindsay (Ed.), Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design: Theory and Practice of Place. New York:
    Routledge. https://theccd.org/blog-post/when-senses-are-in-conflict-hamilton-building-at-the-denver
    -art-museum/
  • Banasiak, M. (2023). 4 Design Strategies for Treatment Spaces for Persons With Eating Disorders.
    Healthcare Design Magazine. https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/trends/4-design-strategies-for-t
    reatment-spaces-for-persons-with-eating-disorders/61213/
  • Banasiak, M., Wilkerson, A. & Safranek, S. (2023). Evaluating Occupant Light Exposure and Usage
    Patterns in an Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit. HERD, 16(2), 89‒108.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867221150226
  • Biophilic Design: Healthy Buildings, Healthy Brain. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design
    Journal, Scorza, F. A., Attis, C., Wuo-Silva, R., Ciconelli, R. M., & Chaddad-Neto, F. (2025).
  • Lindberg, C., Banasiak, M., & Tran, D. (2016). Individual differences in the office: The interaction of
    personality factors and workplace enclosure. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research.
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/44987371
  • Lindberg, C., Banasiak, M., Shindler, R., Sternberg, E. (2017). Place and Wellbeing: The Next Frontier
    of Integrative Medicine. In R. Carmona (Ed.), Textbook of Integrative Preventive Medicine. New York:
    Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190241254.003.0007
  • Matt Norris & Beth Nilsson. (2025). Learning from Dutch Approaches to Health, Equitable
    Development. Urban Land, June 17.
  • Valentine, C., Wilkins, A. J., Mitcheltree, H., Penacchio, O., Beckles, B., & Hosking, I. (2025). Visual
    Discomfort in the Built Environment: Leveraging Generative AI and Computational Analysis to Evaluate
    Predicted Visual Stress in Architectural Façades. Buildings, 15(13), 2208.
  • The Impact of Architectural Form on Physiological Stress: A Systematic Review. Front. Comput. Sci., 2024, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1237531

 

Back To Top

Books

  • Architecture and Embodiment – Harry Francis Mallgrave
  • Beauty, Neuroscience & Architecture – Donald H. Ruggles
  • Building for People. Island Press. https://islandpress.org/books/building-people#desc
  • Cognitive Architecture (2nd ed.) – Ann Sussman & Justin Hollander
  • Constructing Health – Tye Farrow
  • The Age of Insight – Eric R. Kandel
  • The Aesthetic Brain – Anjan Chatterjee
  • The Seduction of Curves – Allan McRobie
  • Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being – Esther M. Sternberg
  • Happy Public Spaces: A Guide with 20 Ingredients for Urban Happiness – Sahar Smavati & Pieter Desmet (2022, Delft University)
  • Humanise – Heatherwick Studio
  • Integral Urbanism & Good Urbanism – Nan Ellin
  • Mind in Architecture – Sarah Robinson & Juhani Pallasmaa
  • People-Centered Architecture – Milton Shinberg
  • Places of the Heart – Colin Ellard
  • The Soul of Design – Lisa Staprans
  • Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity – Nikos Salingaros
  • Urban Experience and Design – Ann Sussman & Justin Hollander
  • Visual Thinking – Temple Grandin
  • Your Brain on Art – Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
Back To Top

Book Chapters

  • Banasiak, M. “A Sensory Place for All,” Chapter 13, pp. 231–245. Taylor & Francis.
Back To Top

Media & Toolkits

Back To Top

Organization & Research Center

  • Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
  • AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) – President: Southern Ellis, HKS
  • American Planning Association’s Plan4Health
  • Architecture + Health at Clemson University
  • Architecture and Health Educators Network
  • Building Brains Coalition
  • The Center for Health Design
  • Center for Brain Health
  • Community Collaborative Research Center (Health Component)
  • Delft Institute of Positive Design
  • Foundation for Health Environments Research
  • The Human Architecture & Planning Institute
  • International Arts & Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University (Set & Setting Collaborative, 2024 Impact Report)
  • Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design
  • Partnership of Academicians and Communities for Translation (PACT)
  • ULI Health Leaders Network
  • Urban Design 4 Health
  • DESMART Lab (Arizona State University) – https://www.desmartlab.com/home
Back To Top

Fellowships & Student Opportunities

Back To Top
CMS Login