Open Building: An Approach to Sustainable Architecture (1999)

One of the most urgent issues in contemporary urban architecture concerns constructing building with the inbuilt capacity to adapt over time to changing uses and preferences, with minimal conflict. Such buildings would be stable, yet they would accommodate new technologies and also allow for changes in the organization of work, in life-style of building occupants, and in the shape of households those occupants form. When buildings are constructed for both present requirements and future change, real estate decisions will begin to represent sustainable investment and sustainable architecture in the large sense.

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