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, ...

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 ...

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, ...