Is a theory of the built environment needed?

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Acknowledgements

The contribution of Professor Phil Roberts to the initiation and goal formulation of the Symposium, from which the rationale of this special issue also draws, is gratefully acknowledged.

Notes

1. All papers in this issue underwent the journal's rigorous, independent refereeing process. Authors had the opportunity to amend their papers in light of this feedback.

2. Based on The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1964).

3. It has been contended that project management is such a field (Koskela and Howell, 2002).

4. Surprisingly, Simon does not mention Aristotle's science of production as a precursor of his science of the artificial, although these two concepts are very similar – obviously, ‘great minds think alike’.