Designing Better Buildings
Sebastian. Macmillan
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (245 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Designing Better Buildings; Copyright; Contents; Illustration acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Design as a value generator; Part One: The perspective of clients; 2. Clients and quality,; 3. Learning more from what we build; 4. Client's perspective on the value of good design; 5. The long-term costs of owning and using buildings; Part Two: Case studies of added value; 6. Measuring value or only cost: the need for new valuation methods; 7. Measuring and improving functionality and performance; 8. Design quality in new schools. - 9. Assessing benefits in the health sector10. Making special places for health care; 11. Adding value through better urban design; Part Three: Delivering better buildings; 12. Design qualtiy needs conscious values; 13. Flexibility and adaptability; 14. Managing design and construction; Part Four: Measuring quality and value; 15. Inclusive maps; 16. Achieving quality in building design by intention; 17. Building indicators of design quality; 18. Housing quality indicators in practice; Index. - Design is widely recognised as the key to improving the quality of the built environment. This well-illustrated book comprises 15 chapters written by leading practitioners, clients, academics and other experts, and presents the latest thinking on what design quality is and how to achieve it. For design practitioners and their clients alike, the book provides evidence to justify greater focus on, and investment in, design. It summarises the benefits that arise from good design - such as, civic pride in the urban environment, the stimulation of urban regeneration, corporate identity, occupant
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| ISBN | 0-203-34684-X. - 0-203-56332-8. - 1-134-37698-7. - 1-134-37699-5. - 1-280-07554-6. - 1-283-96162-8
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