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Increasingly designers are flexing their research muscles, clients are expecting informed solutions, and our spaces—and our profession—are the better for it.

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By David Whitemyer Illustrations by Jesse Lefkowitz

“ Clients are smarter than they used to be, and they expect us to be smarter than them,” says Jack Weber, IIDA, LEED AP, describing why Gresham, Smith and Partners uses research and data to inform design decisions and to support the best outcomes for built spaces. Weber, principal at the Nashville-based architecture and engineering firm and a vice president of the IIDA Board of Directors, notes that a number of large firms are now focused on the benefits of research. “We’re all trying to raise the level of design for workplaces and other buildings.”

Raising the level of Interior Design through formal research studies can focus on energy efficiency, workplace productivity, materials technologies, health and safety, comfort, and so much more. This concept isn’t brand new. The terms “rational design,” “research-based design,” and “evidence-based design” have been in use for decades, often associated with healthcare architecture, and more recently with sustainable design. The notion is simply that statistical or anecdotal reasoning, combined with traditional aesthetic and instinctive approaches, is applied

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011

IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011
From IIDA
Contents
Q&A
The Virtuous Circle
Hybrid Professionals
The Consulting Advantage
Trending Research
As the World Turns
MythBusters
Design Decoded
Resources
Viewpoints
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011 - From IIDA
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011 - Contents
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011 - Q&A
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011 - The Virtuous Circle
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011 - Design Decoded
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2011 - Resources
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