Architectural Lessons From Environmental Psychology: The Case of Biophilic Architecture

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-328

  Joye, Yannick ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biophilia; biophilic architecture; environmental psychology; fractal architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349102510     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.11.4.305     Document Type: Article

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