April 20, 2005—Well-designed campus buildings play a significant role in the recruitment and the behavior of university students and staff, according to a new study released by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE).
The report, Design with Distinction: the value of good building design in higher education, found that 60 percent of students and staff believe the quality of the building design had a positive impact on their choice of university, more than 70 percent believe the functions and facilities of the buildings they work in improve the way they feel and behave, and 62 percent of staff said the wow factor was evident on their initial visit to their building.
The research is based on the opinions of staff and students at five case study campuses with new, high quality buildings and was funded by UK Higher Education bodies.
Design with Distinction: the value of good building design in higher education has been written for CABE and the UK Higher Education Funding Councils by PricewaterhouseCoopers with research by the University of the West of England. Copies of the report are available to download from the CABE Web site.
