The Shaping of Us

‘An analysis of how we could design the whole of our environment to be better… She sets out to entertainingly chart the 20th-century history of research into how where we are shapes who we are. It’s a timely volume given the current level of interest in the relationship between buildings and health.’ Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs magazine

Lily Bernheimer is an environmental psychologist, consultant, and writer. She is Founding Director of Space Works Consulting where she works to make human environments truly support the people and purposes they serve. Her behavioral science consulting work has ranged from design strategy for wellbeing in co-working spaces to advising Transport for London on street design tactics ‘nudging’ pedestrians to avoid road danger. Her collaborative user experience research on Wellbeing in Prison Design was awarded the 2018 RIBA President’s Award for Research in Ethics and Sustainable Development. She has worked with clients such as Grainger plc, RESI, Cuprinol and Adam Architecture. She holds an MSc. in Environmental Psychology from the University of Surrey, where she also served as Research Fellow, and a BA from Brown University. Lily is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and her writing and work have been featured in The Guardian, Architecture Today and on the BBC. She speaks at forums such as Clerkenwell Design Week, Salesforce B-Well Together, London Festival of Architecture, Cambridge University and the Academy of Urbanism.

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