Design Council Cabe

Raising the quality of our built environment

Architecture and design can improve our built environment and help create sustainable communities where people want and can afford to live. We support local communities to help them deliver and shape places and spaces that meet their needs.

Design Review

A Design Review sessionOur Design Review service provides expert advice on the design quality of schemes in England that will have a significant impact on their environment. Read our Design Reviews

Events

Workshop: Making places better

We're running two free workshops on 20 March in Birmingham and 23 March in London about how to make better places through local and neighbourhood planning.

Debate: what is community led design and how does it work?

With the Glass House we're debating the impact of community led design across the country on 20 March

Awards: 2012 Housing Design Awards

We're on the judging panel, helping to identify and recognise some of the best new homes across the country.

Grants

In 2011 Design Council Cabe distributed grants to support smaller organisations to work with the local community and support their aspiration for the design quality of developments in their area.

The Bishop Review

The Bishop Review front coverThe Future of Design in the Built Environment

England needs a networked system of design support, providing local people with access to built environment expertise and advice, according to The Bishop Review.

 

Localism and planning

We aim to help community groups and local authorities improve the delivery of good quality design through the planning system. We do this by enabling, running workshops and providing toolkits and guidance.

Building for Life

Publications

CABE publication50 publications from CABE from 1997-2010 about everything from supermarket-led development to improving the design of new housing.

Our People

New Design Council Cabe Director

 

We've welcomed Nahid Majid OBE as the Director of Design Council Cabe.

 

Nahid Majid portrait

 

Her work urban regeneration as a professional urban designer and planner has led Nahid to work with high profile organisations including The Prince of Wales Foundation for The Built Environment, Turner and Townsend Construction Management, The Mayor's Fund and the Stephen Lawrence Centre in Deptford.

 

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