About "Better Buildings"

Dec 31, 2008

Dec 14, 2017

Welcome to Better-Buildings.org

This website is dedicated to people who design, manage or rent space in buildings located in urban communities - particularly offices, mixed-use buildings, or facilities like courthouses, libraries and academic centers.

It is designed to provide information about how to make your building fit better into its surroundings - in ways that can both make your building more successful and improve the local community.

Better-Buildings.org will walk you through the process of turning ordinary buildings into valuable assets by:

designing new buildings, or retrofitting old ones, so that they fit in better with their urban surroundings
managing public spaces such as plazas, lobbies, and atriums, so they become amenities for tenants, visitors and the general public as well as assets to the community
joining forces with other property owners, local government and civic groups to improve individual buildings, public spaces, and entire districts
balancing current concerns about security with access for users and the general public
measuring success
and
making the case for better buildings

Better-Buildings.org is a project of Project for Public Spaces, and was developed in collaboration with General Services Administration; the Mayor's Institute on City Design; the International Downtown Association; the Center for Livable Communities at the American Institute of Architects; and the American Architectural Foundation.

We're committed to helping make better buildings, better public spaces and better communities. For more information, visit our related sites on streets, public markets and urban parks, and the sites of each of our sponsoring organizations.

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