An environmental psychologist, Craig Zimring is professor of architecture and of psychology at Georgia Tech.

In his teaching, writing, consulting and research he has developed methods, procedures and concepts for the evaluation of buildings, including computer tools. He has developed both overall theories and methods of building evaluation and performed specialized studies of issues such as wayfinding, security and stress. He has also performed comprehensive studies of building types such as healthcare facilities, jails and prisons, courthouses and embassies. He has particularly focused on how social, organizational and behavioral information can be incorporated into design and decision-making at a variety of scales, from the freshman design studio to the $60B/year US healthcare construction program, focusing on organizationally responsive architecture.

To achieve these ends he has worked in the design studio, lectured to architects written in the popular and professional press, served as consultant and directed research projects for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institutes of Health, US General Services Administration, US Dept. of State, US Department of Transportation, Ministry of Education of France, California Department of General Services and many others. He serves on the board of several organizations such as the Center for Health Design and the National Academy of Sciences Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment and the Joint Commission's Roundtable on the Hospital of the Future. He is the former Vice-Chair and Board member of the Environmental Design Research Association.