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Study 1
Study 1 explored the literature to understand how the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness can offer essential principles for promoting mental wellbeing in architects’ workplaces and the indoor environments they design for others.
Workplace mental wellbeing
Publication on the role of the basic psychological needs in architects' workplaces coming soon.
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Design for mental wellbeing
New open access publication in The Journal of Architecture:
Backhouse, S., Tucker, R., Andrews, F. & LaMontagne, A. (2026). Three essential principles for designing indoor environments for mental wellbeing: An integrative review. The Journal of Architecture, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2026.2690513