ABSTRACT
A textbook on design economics for students of architecture, building and quantity surveying, it examines the links between design and the costs of building as well as more general economic issues and their significance for designers and builders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
The economic significance of building design
chapter 1|7 pages
The economic significance of building design
chapter 2|21 pages
Value for money—whose responsibility?
chapter 3|19 pages
The structure of building costs—a first approach
part II|101 pages
The economic context: materials, labour and physical capital
chapter 4|23 pages
Materials: markets and prices
chapter 5|29 pages
Human resources for building
chapter 6|20 pages
Technology: from steampower to robots
chapter 7|23 pages
Construction—a unique industry?
part III|107 pages
Economic aspects of design decisions
chapter 8|28 pages
Costs and choices – the short-term and the long-term
chapter 9|36 pages
Concept, shape, plan: morphology and cost
chapter 10|20 pages
Structure and envelope
chapter 11|21 pages
Energy and services
part IV|73 pages
Relating design choices to building and its management
chapter 12|22 pages
Programme, cash flow and buildability
chapter 13|25 pages
Cost prediction—science or guesswork?
chapter 14|21 pages
The procurement of buildings
part V|52 pages
The economic significance of building design
