▁research ▁group ▁( OB OM ) ▁was ▁formed ▁at ▁T U ▁Del ft ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁Professor ▁Age ▁van ▁R anden , ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁practical ▁issues ▁of ▁implementing ▁the ▁ideas ▁in ▁practice . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁on ward , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁pione ering ▁projects ▁were ▁completed ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁the ▁UK , ▁Japan ▁ ▁and ▁elsewhere . ▁This ▁history ▁is ▁rec ount ed ▁in ▁part ▁in ▁H ous ing ▁for ▁the ▁Mill ions : ▁John ▁Hab ra ken ▁and ▁the ▁S AR ▁( 1 9 6 0 – 2 0 0 0 ). ▁Fr ans ▁van ▁der ▁Wer f , ▁a ▁Dutch ▁architect , ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁pione ers . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁books ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁specifically ▁on ▁the ▁subject , ▁do z ens ▁of ▁technical ▁reports ▁have ▁been ▁produced ▁in ▁several ▁languages , ▁open ▁building ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁count less ▁books , ▁scholar ly ▁papers , ▁dis sert ations , ▁and ▁articles ▁in ▁professional ▁journ als , ▁and ▁in - depth ▁country ▁reports ▁and ▁studies ▁have ▁emer ged ▁in ▁Finland , ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁Japan . ▁Res ident ial ▁Open ▁Building ▁ ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁telling ▁in ▁more ▁detail ▁about ▁the ▁pione ering ▁projects ▁and ▁the ▁principles ▁underlying ▁their ▁implementation . ▁This ▁book ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁Japanese . ▁ ▁W ides p read ▁interest ▁in ▁these ▁concepts ▁and ▁their ▁practical ▁implementation