The first tranche of an archive of BRE publications, comprising nearly a thousand documents, is now available via www.BREBookshop.com (click on ‘Archive’).
It includes 130 BRE Digests published from 1948-1966, 720 Current Papers (research project summaries) from 1968-1983, and 125 Overseas Building Notes from 1961-1994. While the archive does not provide guidance on current built environment projects, it presents a fascinating historical record and background to today’s industry. A thousand further documents will be added to the site over the next six months.
Opening the archive
In 2010 the BRE Trust set up a project to make a large part of this printed archive available online for public use. The prices paid for the documents will fund further work through the Trust.
The archive presents a fascinating historical record and background to today’s industry, but is not intended to provide guidance on current built environment projects. Much of the information in the documents has been superseded by more recent research and standards.
They include:
Current Papers – 720 research project summaries published from 1968-1983
Digests – 130 reviews of current building technologies published from 1948-1966
Overseas Building Notes – 125 guidance notes on low-technology building methods suited to conditions in many developing countries, published from 1961-1994.
Bre Bookshop Archive: LINK
www.brebookshop.com
