Isn’t it time buildings & cities were more human?
Join the fight for the human buildings we all deserve.
Did you know… Walking past boring buildings can increase our stress?
Isn’t it time buildings & cities were more human?
Join the fight for the human buildings we all deserve.
Did you know… 3 out of 4 people in the UK say the way buildings look affects their mental health?
Isn’t it time buildings & cities were more human?
Join the fight for the human buildings we all deserve.
Did you know… 4 month-old babies prefer visually interesting buildings to boring ones?
Human beings need human buildings.
Science has proved that the buildings around us have an impact on our brains, our bodies and our behaviours. When they're interesting, characterful and varied on the outside, it benefits all of us. Humanise is sparking a big, public conversation about how our buildings can be more joyful and engaging. We’re taking it to the people who can make change happen. And we want YOU to be part of it.
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Humanise: a campaign for radically human architecture
Blandemic
The problem
Bland, boring buildings are dragging us down.
Find out more about the problem we’re facing across the world.
What
looks like
Human buildings are interesting enough to make you curious, and then to hold your attention – from three distances.
As seen in
- The Times
- Wallpaper magazine
- The Guardian
- Wired magazine
- The Telegraph
- The i paper
- Design Week
- The Herald
- The London Standard
- South China Morning Post
- Suddeutsche Zeitung
- Dezeen
- Nikkei Asia
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Explore
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“For me it’s a really important campaign. We’ve got way too many bland and boring buildings that make so many parts of the built environment uninspiring for the people that live there”
George ClarkeArchitect and TV presenter