num_pages: 399
description: Illustrated evidence-based building and open space case studies demonstrate E-Bs continuing design impact. Fundamental theory and practical research methods are presented for planning programming designing and evaluating the effects of physical environments in use. Part I describes how designers and researchers employ a similar creative process that promotes collaboration and yields greater design creativity and research effectiveness. Part II focuses on research methods to understand how buildings and spaces work: observing behavior and the physical environment asking questions in interviews and surveys and employing archival records that include data and physical plans.
language: English
title: Inquiry by Design: Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Planning
publisher: W. W. Norton