Resources

This section of the website is under development.

If you have difficulty downloading publications or would like the ACD&C to order hard copies on your behalf please fill in the contact form with your request.

CABE produces guidance on a wide range of design matters, recent publications include Creating Excellent Secondary Schools, Sustainable Design, Climate Change and the Built Environment, Guidance on Tall Buildings, This Way to Better Streets, Paved with gold: the real value of street design and Living with risk: promoting better public space design.

To search for publications by CABE go to>

http://www.cabe.org.uk/publications.aspx

CABE Housing Audit

Housing audit: assessing the design quality of new housing in the East Midlands, West Midlands and the South West (also includes national summary)

As England embarks on major housing growth, and we all face up to the challenges of climate change, the design of new homes and neighbourhoods has never been more important.. It uncovers some disturbing evidence about the quality of some schemes, but also highlights some inspiring examples of what good design can achieve.

Published 8 February 2007

Download Housing audit 2006 (Adobe PDF, 2.18MB)

CABE Building for Life

Delivering great places to live: 20 questions you need to answer.

This guide explains the 20 Building for Life standard criteria. Developers can use the 20 questions as a basis for writing development briefs, with a view to speeding up planning approvals and winning local community support. Local authorities can use them to demand high standards of design.

This new edition was published on 7 February 2007.

Date: 01 November 2005

Download this publication (517Kb)