Variation in housing design: Identifying customer preferences

Housing Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 929-943

  Hofman, Erwin ^a   Halman, Johannes I M ^a   Ion, Roxana A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Customer preferences; House building industry; Mass customisation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; HOUSING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SURVEY; TRADE-OFF;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751018260     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030600917842     Document Type: Article

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