Measuring the benefits of art at the planning stage
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Commissioning works of art and craft can play a key role in making buildings and public spaces more attractive, according to a design guide published recently by English Partnerships. The cost of commissioning can be including within total project costs for many different types of scheme. The guide emphasises that good architecture and intelligent rural and urban design are in fact more cost-effective in the long term than poor design.
Publication Name: Estates Gazette
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0014-1240
Year: 1996
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Shoppers vote with feet for traffic management
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Many shoppers find traffic congestion the least attractive feature of their local shopping centre, according to a survey undertaken in 1995 by Colin Buchanan and Partners. Some 60% of all shoppers go on foot to their nearest shopping centre, indicating that most centres have a very specific and small catchment area. At least half of all customers are passing by in a car, according to one in four retail and business managers.
Publication Name: Estates Gazette
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0014-1240
Year: 1996
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