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The art, trade, or work of building.

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building knot

Construction; Building/real property

Is a term coined by OBOM to refer to the physical, decision-making and procedural entanglement inherent in conventional building process.

Buyrent

Construction; Building/real property

Is the proprietary name for a new financial product in the Netherlands that provides legal, financial and management instruments for infill ownership. In purchasing the infill of ...

capacity

Construction; Building/real property

In the context of Support/Infill building, refers to a range of variations in floor plan and use within the constraints of a given base building. More generally, capacity concerns ...

Century Housing System

Construction; Building/real property

Refers to a design and construction method to extend building longevity. CHS was developed in Japan by a research program of Ministry of Construction from 1980 to 1982 led by ...

Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)

Construction; Building/real property

Is the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. Headquartered in Rotterdam, CIB is an international association providing a global network ...

social overhead capital

Construction; Building/real property

Is a term brought into Open Building usage in association with the Japanese Two Step Housing Supply System. It describes a Support characterized by high quality and long ...

spaghetti effect

Construction; Building/real property

Is a term used by van Randen to describe an entangle building condition in which unpredictable dependencies occur among parties involved, frequently leading to coordination ...