Resources

Evidence, practical guides, and conversation-starters.

Download our free resources and spread the word about why we need to humanise our towns and cities.

For everyone

A Spotter’s Guide to human buildings

A mobile-friendly guide to help you spot human buildings when you’re out and about.

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Research

The latest reports we’ve commissioned about the way buildings affect us.

Research

Babies as young as four months prefer visually interesting buildings

Experiments carried out by the University of Sussex Baby Lab tracked what the youngsters were drawn to as they were shown images of different types of buildings.

Care and craft in the outside of a building

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Characterful buildings can give us a sense of pride and belonging

When the outsides of buildings show a sense of care, craft or cultural identity they help us feel connected to a place, encouraging pride and community connection.

Global evidence review exec summary (Humanise report)

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Why the outsides of buildings matter to human health: a global evidence review

Our pioneering study which brings together all the latest research on how the outsides of buildings affects our brains, bodies and behaviours.

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Can New Towns be joy towns?

How residents of England’s New Towns feel about the buildings where they live.

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What kind of buildings stress you out?

A study exploring visual comfort in Seoul and the future of design.

Hanok to high-rise English (Humanise report)

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Hanok to high-rise: what the people of Seoul really think about buildings in their city

Our new research explores the attitudes of a range of Seoulites towards buildings, how they make them feel, and how they’d like new buildings to look in future.

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Passing by, or going in?

Which parts of a building should we lavish the most care on: the parts that only a few people see, or the parts most people see?

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Boring or interesting: you decide

A survey of UK public attitudes to building design by Thinks Insight & Strategy.

Every city is a conversation (Humanise report)

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Every city is a conversation: why Humanise matters to the UK

An essay by Chris Murray of Urban Psyche.

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Building and thriving: a review of the evidence linking building design to health and wellbeing

A review of the evidence linking building design to health and wellbeing.

Guides

Practical guides for professionals — resources for developers, planners, community organisations and design teams.

The Humanise Principles

Tools for developers to inform decisions, have better conversations, and make more joyful buildings.

Reading Groups

Book groups around the world are reading Humanise and using it to discuss the buildings around them.
Why not use our resources to host your own group?

Discussion prompts for reading groups

Questions and ideas to get the conversation started.

About Humanise

Find out more about the book which sparked the Humanise campaign.

Partner

Introducing Humanise to your organisation

Interested in partnering with us? Download a presentation to share with colleagues (PDF 1.4mb)

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