M. GORDON BROWN, BS, MBA, MSc (Arch), DTech, FRICS
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Listed in Architecture, Intellectual Property, Premises Liability, Real Estate
- PO Box 565 Wauconda, IL 60084 USA
- 312 715 7722
- www.spaceanalytics.com
- brown.mg@spaceanalytics.com
Company Name: Space Analytics, LLC
Education and Credentials:
Education
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Doctor of Technology (Higher Doctorate) (Built Environment), 2005. Access to real property: pattern and
paradigm: Examination of Fifth Amendment takings jurisprudence and application of complexity theory network
models to impacts in eminent domain and post-war configuration changes affecting settlement patterns and real estate value in American cities. Advisors: Alastair Adair and Stanley McGreal.
University College London, London, England
Master of Science (Architecture) (thesis distinction), 1982. University College London. Advanced architectural
studies course at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Thesis: Spatial Design of Organizations addressed interaction of workplace communication technology and spatial patterns . Advisor: Bill Hillier.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Master of Business Administration, 1981. The Wharton School. Emphasis on management, organizational and
strategic decision-making. Advisor: Ross Webber. The Annenberg School of Communications, 1973-74. Graduate program in communication theory, aesthetics, technology and behavior. Advisor: George Gerbner.
University of Illinois, Chicago
School of Architecture, 1978-80. Graduate professional program in architecture. (Includes study at University of Paris Pedagogical Unit #3, Versailles, France, 1980.)
Washington University, St. Louis
Graduate courses in urban economics and social systems, 1970.
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Bachelor of Science (Communications), 1970. Major in editorial journalism. Liberal and fine arts course work
including classical history, geography, design and urban planning. Advisor: James W. Carey.
Others
University of Denver, 2003-04, Master Teacher courses.
The Appraisal Institute, 1992, 1993. Principles of Real Estate Appraisal; Basic Valuation Procedures; Standards of Professional Practice.
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Doctor of Technology (Higher Doctorate) (Built Environment), 2005. Access to real property: pattern and
paradigm: Examination of Fifth Amendment takings jurisprudence and application of complexity theory network
models to impacts in eminent domain and post-war configuration changes affecting settlement patterns and real estate value in American cities. Advisors: Alastair Adair and Stanley McGreal.
University College London, London, England
Master of Science (Architecture) (thesis distinction), 1982. University College London. Advanced architectural
studies course at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Thesis: Spatial Design of Organizations addressed interaction of workplace communication technology and spatial patterns . Advisor: Bill Hillier.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Master of Business Administration, 1981. The Wharton School. Emphasis on management, organizational and
strategic decision-making. Advisor: Ross Webber. The Annenberg School of Communications, 1973-74. Graduate program in communication theory, aesthetics, technology and behavior. Advisor: George Gerbner.
University of Illinois, Chicago
School of Architecture, 1978-80. Graduate professional program in architecture. (Includes study at University of Paris Pedagogical Unit #3, Versailles, France, 1980.)
Washington University, St. Louis
Graduate courses in urban economics and social systems, 1970.
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Bachelor of Science (Communications), 1970. Major in editorial journalism. Liberal and fine arts course work
including classical history, geography, design and urban planning. Advisor: James W. Carey.
Others
University of Denver, 2003-04, Master Teacher courses.
The Appraisal Institute, 1992, 1993. Principles of Real Estate Appraisal; Basic Valuation Procedures; Standards of Professional Practice.
Specialties:
Consulting and research areas
Diagnosing user and owner problems caused by improper building and spatial infrastructure
Decision-making and judgment biases of real estate and design professionals
Neuroscientific dimensions of building and urban form
Pedestrian movement and premises liability
Research methods and evidence
Diagnosing user and owner problems caused by improper building and spatial infrastructure
Decision-making and judgment biases of real estate and design professionals
Neuroscientific dimensions of building and urban form
Pedestrian movement and premises liability
Research methods and evidence
Experience:
I started Space Analytics in 1989 to focus on diagnosing and solving functional and economic failures of buildings and urban places from the perspective of owners and users. I have provided expert services including consultation, deposition and trial testimony in state and federal courts. Space is the common denominator of architecture, real estate, urban design and planning and I have experience and education in each.
Space Analytics is distinct in two things. A well-developed research capability applied rapidly and rigorously. An awardwinning spatial network approach that reveals and quantifies underlying spatial patterns and transforms them into hard evidence. This approach has been successfully applied to analyze problem property and in cases involving eminent domain access takings, premises liability (very large awards), architectural copyright (largest damages award in the United States), First Amendment public forum and a variety of owner-designer-contractor-user disputes. It has been successfully reviewed for Daubert compliance.
I recently was Adjunct Professor in the Architecture PhD program at Illinois Institute of Technology and Academic Fellow with the Urban Land Institute. From 2006 to 2010, I was Academic Dean and the ALDAR Dean of Business at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and before that Head of the Real Estate Management and Development Group at Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands. In the 1980s, I taught architecture at the University of Colorado where I was Associate Dean, the Illinois Institute of Technology and Arizona State University. I am a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
My publications include articles in peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly journals, professional and critical publications and newspaper columns. I have made dozens of presentations and delivered keynote talks to local, national and international audiences. My book, Access, Property and American Urban Space, was published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis in March 2016.
Space Analytics is distinct in two things. A well-developed research capability applied rapidly and rigorously. An awardwinning spatial network approach that reveals and quantifies underlying spatial patterns and transforms them into hard evidence. This approach has been successfully applied to analyze problem property and in cases involving eminent domain access takings, premises liability (very large awards), architectural copyright (largest damages award in the United States), First Amendment public forum and a variety of owner-designer-contractor-user disputes. It has been successfully reviewed for Daubert compliance.
I recently was Adjunct Professor in the Architecture PhD program at Illinois Institute of Technology and Academic Fellow with the Urban Land Institute. From 2006 to 2010, I was Academic Dean and the ALDAR Dean of Business at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and before that Head of the Real Estate Management and Development Group at Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands. In the 1980s, I taught architecture at the University of Colorado where I was Associate Dean, the Illinois Institute of Technology and Arizona State University. I am a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
My publications include articles in peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly journals, professional and critical publications and newspaper columns. I have made dozens of presentations and delivered keynote talks to local, national and international audiences. My book, Access, Property and American Urban Space, was published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis in March 2016.
Listing Attachments:
Space Analytics works principally in the contexts of real estate litigation and asset management. A spin-off of a university R&D group 25 years ago, our mission in serving clients is to deliver analyses that are clear, accurate and credible. We diagnose spatial-visual architectural, urban and site design and configuration problems that have led to functional and economic problems and show how to solve them. We help clients make good decisions about the design and location of buildings and places.
There are real estate problems that can’t be fixed by better marketing, changed management, image treatments, different users or a better economy. Sometimes the result is litigation, sometimes disposition, sometimes redesign and sometimes a second opinion is useful.
Our unique, court tested, scientific/peer-reviewed and award winning spatial modeling approach has been applied to a variety of building and property types to detect and diagnose serious functional/economic problems.