Since the early 1990s, Building Use Studies has carried out 150 studies of buildings, mainly
from the point of view of their occupants, but also often including their environmental and …

Following on from his investigation of the performance in practice of over 30 new
commercial and institutional buildings worldwide from the point of view of users, the author …

Are buildings designed for lower environmental impacts better from the occupants' point of
view? Based on methodology developed in the UK by Building Use Studies and used for the …

Three separate studies to evaluate occupants' views of buildings and workplaces are
summarised, identifying common threads of appearance, comfort/interior environment …

The main ndings from the Probe occupant surveys are assessed. The emphasis is on the
consequences for strategic thinking on how best to design and manage buildings to improve …

In the previous two papers were examined the content and the source of architects' images
of the users of public-sector housing schemes they had recently designed. In this concluding …

Considerable overlap exists between post-occupancy research evaluating building design
quality and the concept of 'social value', popularised by its recent application to issues of the …

The appearance of the built environment is an important matter for most people, as it can
affect their physical, financial and psychological wellbeing. Many studies have been …

City leaders often make reference to their built and natural environments when they compete
domestically or internationally for financial investment, tourism spending and high quality …

From 1995–1999, the Probe series of post-occupancy studies reported individually on the
performance of 16 buildings. This paper introduces the buildings–seven of ce, ve …