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Multi-disciplinary design education in the UK
1 November 2010
Design and innovation are critical to the UK reaching its economic goals. Reigniting the enterprise economy, commercialising science and technology, and embedding innovation in the public sector are vital for the country’s future...
Sight Line
6 October 2010
Sight Line: Designing better streets for people with low vision is a partnership between CABE Space and the Royal College of Art’s Helen Hamlyn Centre. It identifies the issues that those with sight loss face when navigating their...
Design in the knowledge economy 2020
31 August 2010
This paper from Will Hutton raises some tough questions for Britain: Are we playing to our strengths? Are we mixing the skills and capabilities that are the foundation stones of innovation – skills such as technology, design and...
Improving the design of new housing
22 August 2010
Improving the design of new housing argues that the current system of building regulations, planning policy and funding has created a framework for housing standards that is confused, overlapping and sometimes contradictory. CABE...
Helping local people choose good design
3 August 2010
This report marks the end of the first year of an affiliation between CABE and the eight leading design review panels in England. It looks at how the panels work and offers case studies that show how design review helps local...
Community green
6 July 2010
Community green: Using local spaces to tackle inequality and improve health investigates the relationship between urban green space, inequality, ethnicity, health and wellbeing. The largest study of its kind in England, it...
Decent homes need decent spaces
6 July 2010
The quality of open spaces has a profound impact on people’s health and wellbeing. Decent homes need decent spaces is about how social landlords can provide more opportunities for people to enjoy the space on their doorsteps,...
Community green: Research summary
6 July 2010
Community green: Using local spaces to tackle inequality and improve health investigates the relationship between urban green space, inequality, ethnicity, health and wellbeing. The largest study of its kind in England, it...
Lessons from Asia
31 March 2010
This report summarises the findings from a fact-finding mission to Asia by a delegation of academics and policy makers in April 2010. The delegation visited leading companies, universities and design studios in Beijing, China, and...
Green day: A climate change activity kit for schools
23 March 2010
Green Day is an event for schools about climate change, sustainability and the built environment. It will inspire pupils and colleagues in your school to learn about climate change and how it relates to the buildings and spaces...
Urban green nation: Research summary
22 March 2010
People are now using their parks and green spaces more, and valuing them more than in the past. However, not everyone has benefited equally. This research summary of the main Urban green nation report outlines the state of...
Urban green nation
22 March 2010
No one knows exactly how many green spaces there are in our urban areas, where they are, who owns them or what condition they are in. Urban green nation: Building the evidence base starts to fill this serious information gap, by...