Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-263) and index.

What is evidence-based design? -- Precedent-based professions and transforming architecture -- The new practitioner -- Sustainable design is founded on evidence / by Lia Johnson -- Evidence-based medicine and healthcare design -- Evidence in the design of learning environments / by Alejandro Iriarte Dent -- Evidence and data in the design of workplace environments -- Data drives the design of retail environments -- Evidence-based environments for science -- Evidence in places for assembly and performance -- Evidence in historic preservation and adaptive reuse -- Evidence in urban planning -- Process and methods for evidence-based design -- Evidence sources and limitations -- The practitioner as researcher / by A. Ray Penecost III -- The challenges for architectural education -- Conclusion: architecture will always be knowledge-based.