Designing Better Buildings

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Illustration acknowledgements......Page 7
Notes on Contributors......Page 8
Foreword: Challenges for designers,......Page 15
Preface......Page 19
Design as a value generator......Page 22
The perspective of clients......Page 34
Clients and quality,......Page 37
Learning more from what we build,......Page 42
Client\'s perspective on the value of good design,......Page 54
The long-term costs of owning and using buildings,......Page 63
Case studies of added value......Page 72
Measuring value or only cost: the need for new valuation methods,......Page 76
Measuring and improving functionality and performance,......Page 93
Design quality in new schools,......Page 107
Assessing benefits in the health sector,......Page 121
Making special places for health care,......Page 128
Adding value through better urban design,......Page 137
Delivering better buildings......Page 152
Design qualtiy needs conscious values,......Page 156
Flexibility and adaptability,......Page 166
Managing design and construction,......Page 178
Measuring quality andvalue......Page 192
Inclusive maps,......Page 196
Achieving quality in building design by intention,......Page 206
Building indicators of design quality,......Page 216
Housing quality indicators in practice,......Page 227
Index......Page 237