Research & Publications

Design for Homes commissions and undertakes research. Listed below are publications that we have produced recently, with details of how to purchase or download a copy. Also listed here are links to research and publications relevant to UK housing guidance and legislation as a resource for developers, planners, architects, urban designers, highways agencies NGO and other organisations involved in UK construction. Please email info@designforhomes.org with any enquiries.

Design for Homes Publications

Housing Design Awards 2005/06/07/08/09

Design for Homes manages the Housing Design Awards. Each year we produce a full colour publication, typically of 70 pages, including introductory essays and full details of all the winning schemes. More...

Car Parking: What works where?

An easy to use guide to help urban designers, masterplanners, architects and highways engineers to design parking efficiently into the street scene. This is the most popular piece of research on English Partnerships website. CLICK HERE to order a copy. More...

Perceptions of privacy and density

A unique piece of research looking at residents' thoughts on SPACE, SECURITY, SOUND and SAFETY and across a range of housetypes from regency to MMC. More...

Building for life

This award is for residential and mixed use developments which achieve a high benchmark of quality across a wide range of areas. Run by Design for Homes, CABE the Home Builders Federation and with EP and the Housing Corporation involvement, developers, architects and masterplanners enter schemes throughout the year. To find out more, see: www.buildingforlife.org. More...

Recommendations for Living at Superdensity

Schemes of between 150 and 500 homes per hectare are becoming increasingly common but are the right precautions being designed in? More...

European Eco-town research

NEW RESEARCH REVEALS SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN MODELS HOLD THE KEY TO UK ECO-TOWN DEVELOPMENT

 

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High Density Residential Developments: A Good Practice Guide

Levitt Bernstein and Design for Homes Publication for 

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

 

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Housing our Ageing Population Panel for Innovation (HAPPI)

Launched on 3rd of December 2009 by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), in partnership with Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Department of Health, the HAPPI (Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation) report calls for positive action in response to the UK's ageing population.

 

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