The best-selling book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado Perez, has highlighted how bias and discriminations are ingrained in our day-to-day lives, causing gender inequality everywhere from our homes and workplaces to public spaces and transport.

Professor Kevin Lomas of Loughborough University has warned that the UK is facing a public health disaster if the issue of overheating in homes is not tackled.

Everything in our lives is the built environment – where we live, work, learn, shop, get our entertainment. As well as the buildings we spend time in, it’s also the space in between these places – how we get from A to B and interact with the world around us.

Overwhelming evidence demonstrates that office design can impact the health, wellbeing and productivity of its occupants. But designing a great place to work is not all about having a space with quirky design features, flexible working areas or places to relax.

A report has revealed that men and women disagree about what is the ideal indoor temperature, with men more likely to get their own way when it comes to setting the thermostat.

If you’ve spent any time away from a conventional office in the last decade and then returned, you will have noticed a big difference. Here we look at how our living and working spaces are crossing over and what this means for design.

Daylighting is the relationship between architecture and how natural light is optimised in a space or place for greater health and wellbeing benefits.

We spend around 90% of our time indoors, with 65% of this spent at home [1], so it’s fair to say that our homes, where we spend so much time, can have a significant impact on our comfort, health and wellbeing.

Stories of disputes over noise regularly make the headlines, but how does noise really affect our daily lives?Here are four ways that sound can make a difference, according to academic and scientific research: