Design quality in new housing : learning from the Netherlands / Matthew Cousins.
By: Cousins, Matthew.
Publisher: Abingdon : Taylor & Francis, 2009Description: vii, 167 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0415447690 (hbk.); 9780415447690 (hbk.); 0415447705 (pbk.); 9780415447706 (pbk.).Subject(s): Housing policy -- England | Housing policy -- Netherlands | Housing -- England | Housing -- Netherlands | Building -- Quality control | Architecture, DomesticDDC classification: 363.509492Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Design quality in the Netherlands. Context -- Consensus culture -- Superdutch -- Policy for architectural quality -- Design quality in Vinex housing -- Sustainability -- Skills and training -- Design quality in the Netherlands -- Case studies of new housing in the Netherlands -- Eastern Harbour District, Amsterdam -- Ijburg, Amsterdam -- Vathorst, Amersfoort -- Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht -- Ypenburg, The Hague -- Ch. 2. Design quality in the United Kingdom. Context -- Policy for quality in the UK -- Density -- Design codes -- Sustainability -- A true Cinderella : skills and training in the UK -- Design quality in the UK -- Low- and high-rise doll's houses and Dan Dare steel and glass towers? -- Design quality in the Thames Gateway -- Case studies of new housing in the UK -- Accordia, Cambridge -- The Greenwich Millennium Village -- The Staiths, Gateshead -- Donnybrook, London -- Ch. 3. Learning from the Netherlands. Context -- Creating methods of implementing design quality -- Design quality through spatial, social, and cultural diversity -- Design quality through architectural and sustainable design -- Design quality through urban design -- Recommendations for implementing design quality in new housing in the future -- Conclusions.