Association of University Directors of Estates

Design

Design with Distinction: the value of good building design in higher education, published by CABE in March 2005 (ISBN: 1-84633-001-7)

This study (pdf below) set out to measure the impact of architectural design on the performance of higher education institutions.

Case Study exemplars are from:

  • UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND, David Goldman Informatics Centre
  • UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, Jubilee Campus
  • UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH, Portland Building
  • UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR, Adeilad Brigantia Building
  • UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Oxstalls Campus.

CABE was the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.  See: http://www.cabe.org.uk/

 

JISC Designing Spaces for Effective Learning

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/eli_learningspaces.html

 

RIBA Good Design: it all adds up

On 12 July 2011 the RIBA published Good design - it all adds up, a report that demonstrates the value of good design (pdf 2MB from the link below).

 http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/AboutUs/InfluencingPolicy/Thevalueofgooddesign.aspx

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