Designing better buildings : quality and value in the built environment / / edited by Sebastian Macmillan.

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Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Physical Description:xx, 220 p. :; ill. (some col.).
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Table of Contents:
  • Challenges for designers / Robin Nicholson
  • Design as a value generator / Sebastian Macmillan
  • Clients and quality / Tony Pollington
  • Learning more from what we build / Bill Bordass
  • Clients' perspective on the value of good design / Dickon Robinson
  • The long-term costs of owning and using buildings / Raymond Evans ... [et al.]
  • Measuring value or only cost : the need for new valuation methods / John Rouse
  • Measuring and improving functionality and performance / Terry Wyatt
  • Design quality in new schools / Richard Feilden
  • Assessing benefits in the health sector / Bryan Lawson
  • Making special places for health care / Susan Francis
  • Adding value through better urban design / Matthew Carmona
  • Design quality needs conscious values / Giles Oliver
  • Flexibility and adaptability / Adrian Leaman, Bill Bordass
  • Managing design and construction / Peter Trebilcock
  • Inclusive maps / Sunand Prasad
  • Achieving quality in building design by intention / Michael Dickson
  • Building indicators of design quality / Jennifer Whyte, David Gann, Ammon Salter
  • Housing quality indicators in practice / Paul Wheeler.