

Guidance on How The Design Review Panel Evaluates Quality in Architecture & Urban Design
By good design we mean design that is fit for purpose, sustainable, efficient, coherent, flexible, responsive to context, good looking and a


The Design Review Panel’s Eye for Detail: “Your design’s a wow.”
Architects can be as rare as doctors in some council areas and speak for only 12% of the £7.14trillion national housing stock., as post-war


Paragraph 55 House in Open Countryside: The Design Review Panel Visits a Constructed Scheme, to See
The Panel feels this continued sharing of knowledge and learning outcomes represents a genuine integrity and determination to comply with th


Why we should all be building to the Passivhaus standard?
I don't think low energy use and running costs are features we should reserve for those who ask, it should be something we offer to all


The real life problems of achieving good, large scale, housing design.
"In recent times I have been considering the problems in real life of achieving good large scale housing design, particularly from the


Historic Stone Conservation - Apsley House
Cardiff based practice, Davies Sutton Architects, embraced the philosophical and technical challenges presented of managing such decay mecha


Swindon: Residential Design Guide
Swindon Borough Council has raised its
expectations of good design through a number
of initiatives. High quality sustainable
development is


Public sector led place making
35 years ago when the first residents started moving into a newly developed neighbourhood in Lisbon, little did they know that many years la


Swindon Council Launch NEW Design Review Panel
We are delighted to announce that Swindon Borough Council have launched a NEW Swindon Design Review Panel (www.designreviewswindon.co.uk)...