Should Your Law Firm Have a Thinking Room?

The Wall Street Journal recently featured a fascinating article on how architecture influence how we think. Researchers have found that nearly everything about a room, from the height of its ceilings to the colour of its walls, has a direct impact on the quantity and quality of our thoughts. Not only that, but researchers have found our capacity to recall information, to be creative, and to draw connections between seemingly unrelated concepts is heavily influenced by our surroundings. While the connection between a room’s qualities and mood has been established for years, this research represents some of the first quantitative findings on which specific architectural traits contribute to facilitating certain kinds of thinking.

The full article gives some fascinating insights into the importance of the space you think in. A an open-concept law office with high ceilings, big windows, and beautiful views may not only be good for impressing clients, but also for stimulating the mind.