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The Science of Healing Spaces

If you want to know more fully what this architect has been up to for the past two plus decades and how your personal environments are having a profound impact upon your behavior and wellbeing; relax, preferably in a pleasing setting with views of the natural world, and take the 52 min to listen to: [...]

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Is your child an introvert in an extrovert classroom?

As an ‘outgoing introvert’ on a blogging fast for the past four weeks in a zone of white space, I was lured back into blogland by career and business coach, Val online viagra soft Nelson , who specializes in coaching for introverts and who sent me a link to In Defense of Introverts and how [...]

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The Empty Room by Peter Ragnar

  “Sitting in this empty room, I’m filled. Waiting for a sound, I realize that without silence no note could be struck, no bird could sing, no thunder roar, no whisper of love be uttered. ‘The room isn’t without anything: it’s actually buy viagra online in uk packed full of nothingness.’ Without this void, there [...]

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A dandelion & global vision for lasting sustainability

The International Living Future Institute “Mission: To offer a global vision for lasting sustainability, partner with local communities to created grounded and relevant solutions and reach out to individuals to unleash people’s imagination and innovation. The International Living Future Institute is a non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to catalyzing a global transformation toward true sustainability. We [...]

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‘Choosing the Best Insulation Delivers Energy Savings’

While it’s hard these days to plan ahead on whether it’s going to be a winter or spring coat day, such spontaneous choices are not possible when it comes to how we insulate our homes. As the inside/out design approach includes such micro decisions as to the type and quality of your bed sheets and [...]

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Design By Ear

If you were blindfolded, spun in a circle of confusion and then taken on a journey through the various rooms – your personal environments within your home, what would your ears tell you? Would you notice a heightened sensitivity to the acoustic WORK FROM NO HOME al environment that is influencing and reinforcing your behavior [...]

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White Space

“Whitespace,” or “negative space” is the space between elements in a composition. More specifically, the space between major elements in a composition is “macro whitespace.” Micro whitespace, is—yes, you’ve guessed it—the space between smaller elements: between list items, between a caption and an image, or between words and letters. The itty-bitty stuff.” Macro and micro [...]

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An Inside Job

Or better put, it’s an inside/out job – the approach to any truly successful work-of-architecture. While the outside and inside ‘look’ or style is important, it’s ultimately about what it _feels_ like. And what your home, office or child’s classroom feels like has everything to do with whether design decisions are responsive to the inhabitants’ [...]

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A Good Spatial Massage – Compression & Release

    “We become attuned to constant stimuli. A sequence of spaces with unwavering similarity tends to move into the background of our perceptions. Sometimes this is desirable, often it is not. Compression/Release is a change in the experience of space by a physical spatial impact upon the senses. A very low ‘ceiling’ (overhead plane) [...]

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Horizon Line Art (HLA) & What NOT to do when hanging pictures.

Whether you’re standing, sitting, lying down and consciously aware of it or not, your personal horizon line falls parallel to and at the elevation of your eyes above the ground plain. Where the water and the sky meet when at the beach for example, while the only horizon line in sight, is shared by you [...]

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“Is Your House Making You Depressed?”

An excellent article by Cris Carl on how your space may be impacting your behavior. “There are an estimated 18.8 million adults in America diagnosed with some type of depressive disorder. Not only that, but pretty much everybody will experience mild depression in their lifetime. One way to support a healthier mental/emotional state is being [...]

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“Difference Between a Building and a Work-of-Architecture…. a room and a space.”

The focus of my blogsite, website, and business can be summarized by an excerpt from the book: Manipulating Spaces -What We Do To Them and What They Do To Us.    by Professor of Architecture, SpaceTherapy® Co-Founder, and long time colleague and friend, Roger Richmond.                Copyright ©1997 – Purchase of this book is available [...]

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Architecture As A Health Resource – Radio Interview

There are five areas of human experience that buildings can be a health resource for. These are Physical, Psychological, Social, Spiritual and Global health. The two twenty minute interviews will explore these five areas in greater detail,  and how many of DwellRight’s space behavior design principles can be applied to existing spaces, using existing furnishings, [...]

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Healing Environments: your guide to indoor well-being

If you live indoors and care about your health, this book is for you. It will take you on a journey of self-exploration and increase your knowledge about your intimate relationships with buildings. Whatever your current state of health, you will learn how the buildings you inhabit can influence your mental, physical, and emotional well-being. [...]

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Regenerative Design Group: a professional ecological landscape design/build firm

“We support local self-sufficiency through food, resource, and energy security. Our team of ecological designers and sustainability experts seamlessly integrate organic food production, environmental restoration techniques, and green technologies into lives and livelihoods.” Read more here…   For more information on our work or to set up a NO-RISK, FULLY -GUARANTEED On-Site or On-Line sliding [...]

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