The Economic Value of Design in Commercial Office Development

The Economic Value of Design in Commercial Office Developments was funded by the Campaign for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in 2004.

Overview

This project explored literature and stakeholder views regarding the value added by good design in commercial office development, and the extent to which conventional valuation techniques fail to reflect this value.

The output has been a developed research methodology, and funding is being sought to take the research forward. The research was undertaken in collaboration with the Investment Property Databank (IPD).

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Professor Matthew Carmona
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Dr Claudio de Magalhães
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Michael Edwards
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Louie Sieh 

Outputs

This project resulted in the following publications:

Matthew Carmona, Claudio de Magalhães, Michael Edwards and Louie Sieh, Offices, Value and Design: A Discussion Document, London, British Council of Offices, 2006 

Impact

Used by the British Council of Offices to argue the case for better design amongst their members.