08/20/2026
📢 New BAR Talk is live: Rethinking Design Success.
Beauty, performance, efficiency, and economic value will always matter. But as we better understand how the built environment influences human health and behavior, our definition of design excellence is expanding too.
If architecture has always been about improving people’s lives, why has well-being become such an important measure of excellent design?
Our latest BAR Talk explores how expectations have evolved from shelter to human flourishing, how biophilic, neuroinclusive, behavioral, and social design are expanding the designer’s toolkit, and how leading frameworks and emerging research are influencing the places we create.
For BAR, well-being isn’t a new layer of design. It’s an opportunity to deepen our people-centered approach and ask better questions about how the places we create can support healthier, more connected lives.
Read the full BAR Talk at the link in bio.
What does designing for well-being mean to you?