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A criticism of current methods reveals the problems of planning a large building complex. The results of recent research on health sciences centres suggest that there may be a more profitable approach.
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ENGLAND, R. Planning Complex Building Systems. Nature 229, 233–236 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229233a0
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