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The cost and value of design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Bryan Lawson  and
Simon Pilling
Bryan Lawson
Affiliation:
School of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, PO Box 595, The Arts Tower, Sheffield S10 2UJ, United Kingdom
Simon Pilling
Affiliation:
School of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, PO Box 595, The Arts Tower, Sheffield S10 2UJ, United Kingdom
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Abstract

At a time when the architectural profession in the United Kingdom and elsewhere is undergoing considerable change, a clear understanding of the relationship between the services that architects can, and want to, provide and those desired and valued by our clients is vital. The architect's unique skill has been described as that of design. What does that mean today? We may all believe in the value of design but we must be sure that we can afford to offer such services at a realistic cost if we are to stay in business. This paper seeks to discover the linkages between the cost of design and its value.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , Summer 1996 , pp. 82 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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