How do you encourage your students to take the stairs instead of the elevator or to walk to class from residence halls instead of driving? Active design architecture can help guide your students to ...

The Center for Active Design celebrated its first annual Awards Monday night with gathering at the “WeWork” space, The Lounge, on Lafayette Street. The celebration followed the “Fit City 9” conference ...

Municipalities across Miami-Dade County are considering “active design” guidelines that encourage exercising, socializing and other elements of a healthy lifestyle. “We are working with 12 ...

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) has announced the winners in its annual Excellence Awards, which honors buildings, public spaces, and, for the first time this year, research, that promotes active ...

Some of the biggest challenges impacting today’s students’ well-being and success include stress, lack of sleep and depression. All have been shown to improve through an active lifestyle and awareness ...

Climbing stairs two minutes a day burns enough calories to prevent weight gain Putting printers and coffeemakers away from desks gets workers out of their seats Open spaces encourage movement and ...

Joanna Frank, president and CEO of the Center for Active Design (CfAD), has never worked harder. Her nonprofit, dedicated to making buildings healthier, was launched at the end of the Bloomberg ...

Some architects and planners are now intentionally designing-in building features that push people to be healthier. Devin Madden, a coordinator with The Partnership for a Healthier New York City, ...

Design influences our health and quality of life, for better or worse and in ways we might not even realize. These are six inspiring examples of the best. Ever walk into the a building and the ...

Today, obesity is poised to overtake tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in America. More than a third of all Americans are obese and an additional third, overweight. Total U.S. health ...