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Design Council's response to the government's Housing White Paper

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In response to the government’s Housing White Paper, Design Council Chief Executive Sarah Weir calls for a step-change in how we design, plan and build the homes the country needs.

News & opinion

Sarah Jones-Morris: A landscape architect on a mission to cure our cities through design In the next article in our Leading Women in Design series, Sarah discusses her passion for striving to create healthier cities, how street trees have a huge impact on our health, and muses on why Vitruvius is still relevant today. In the next article in our Leading Women in Design series, Sarah discusses her passion for striving to create healthier cities.

Feature — 10/09/2018

Cany Ash: urban storyteller and architectural entrepreneur Cany discusses why women need to take ‘just’ and ‘only’ out of their vocabulary, and how diversity is in fact about ‘interculturalism’ as opposed to ‘multiculturalism’. Why women need to take ‘just’ and ‘only’ out of their vocabulary, and the difference between ‘multiculturalism’ and ‘interculturalism’.

Feature — 15/08/2018

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Down the rabbit hole: Transform Ageing’s journey into system change Charlotte Burrows is Social Innovation Programme Manager at Design Council. Here, she discusses our Transform Ageing learning journey on system change. Charlotte Burrows, Social Innovation Programme Manager at Design Council, discusses our Transform Ageing learning journey on system change.

Feature — 11/07/2018

New report calls for an integrated approach to housing, planning and design to support people in... Our new report sets out recommendations for central and local government, builders, planners, designers and lenders. Our new report sets out recommendations for central and local government, builders, planners, designers and lenders.

News — 14/06/2018

Video: Design Council discuss healthy placemaking on London LIVE Design Council CEO Sarah Weir OBE and Director of Policy and Communications Sally Benton appeared on London LIVE to discuss our Healthy Placemaking research. Design Council's Sarah Weir OBE and Sally Benton on how the Built Environment can affect our physical and mental health.

News — 19/04/2018

How do we create places that deliver healthier lives? New research from Design Council and Social Change UK into the use of healthy placemaking practises by Built Environment professionals investigates. Our new research into the use of healthy placemaking practises by Built Environment professionals investigates further.

News — 16/04/2018

Resources

Redbridge Council: Improving outcomes for people in temporary accommodation Redbridge Council faced an increasing demand for temporary housing. People evicted from the private rented sector were spending longer and longer homeless in B&B accommodation. Redbridge Council faced an increasing demand for temporary housing.

Case study — 14/09/2018

Transform Ageing: Making the community care – meet Moments Cafe 'Putting the stigma of dementia to bed by having somewhere in the middle of the town with dementia slapped all over it.' 'Putting the stigma of dementia to bed by having somewhere in the middle of the town with dementia slapped all over it.'

Case study — 21/08/2018

Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Insight Report Improving design quality in the built environment. Improving design quality in the built environment.

Report — 20/08/2018

Planning application

Planning application

Brent Council: Using design thinking to make planning applications more efficient Brent Council applied to the Design in the Public Sector programme with the desire to make the planning application process in Brent easier and quicker. Brent Council applied to the Design in the Public Sector programme with the desire to make the planning application process in Brent easier.

Case study — 15/08/2018

The 100-year life: the role of housing, planning and design How local people should be central to design, delivery and evaluation of services and the importance of developers, planners and local authorities creating age-friendly communities. An integrated approach to housing, planning and design to support people in later life.

Report — 14/06/2018

Healthy placemaking

Healthy placemaking

Healthy placemaking report Exploring the attitudes and behaviours of built environment practitioners towards healthy placemaking. Exploring the attitudes and behaviours of built environment practitioners towards healthy placemaking.

Report — 10/04/2018

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