The design quality manual improving building performance /

• Main Author: Cook, Martin, 1956-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
• Subjects: Building > Quality control.; Public buildings > Purchasing.; Public architecture.; Architecture, Domestic.; Building designers.; Dwellings.; Public housing.; Construction > Qualité > Contrôle.; Bâtiments publics > Achat.; Architecture publique.; Architecture domestique.0.; ARCHITECTURE > Reference.; ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.; ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.; ARCHITECTURE > General. > Buildings; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary; John Wiley
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 199 p.) : ill. (some col.), map.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780470759615 (electronic bk.); 0470759615 (electronic bk.); 9780470759639; 0470759631

Everyone involved in a building project wants to achieve a better building but design quality means different things to clients, users, architects, cost consultants and contractors. Negotiating design priorities is an important part of the development process. The Design Quality Manual helps give an objective evaluation of the qualitative aspects of design. Matrices with five defined levels of quality have been developed that cover the key areas of architecture, environmental engineering, user comfort conditions, whole-life costs, detail design and user satisfaction. These can be scored by a v.