Municipalities across Miami-Dade County are considering “active design” guidelines that encourage exercising, socializing and other elements of a healthy lifestyle. “We are working with 12 ...

The city has come up with design guidelines to help architects and urban planners design buildings, plazas, and other spaces in ways that promote physical activity. The Active Design Guidelines, ...

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) has announced the winners in its annual Excellence Awards, which honors buildings, public spaces, and, for the first time this year, research, that promotes active ...

Architecture and physical fitness may seem completely disconnected, but buildings and public spaces that get the heart rate climbing and muscles moving — by promoting activities such as walking, ...

Brain power is physical. Just as exercise builds a child’s muscles, bones, heart, and lungs, so it builds the brain, fueling cells with oxygen, nourishing connections between neurons, and supporting ...