Cousins, Matthew

Design quality in new housing: learning from the netherlands / by Matthew Cousins - Oxon: Taylor & Francis, 2009. - 167p.

Part 1: Design Quality in the Netherlands --
1. Design Quality in Dutch Housing --
2. Case Studies of New Housing in the Netherlands--
Part 2: Design Quality in the United Kingdom --
3. Design Quality in Housing in the United Kingdom --
4. Case Studies of New Housing in the UK --
5. Low and High-Rise Doll's Houses and Dan Dare Steel and Glass Towers? Design Quality in the Thames Gateway --
Part 3: Learning from the Netherlands, Design Quality in New Housing in the UK and the Netherlands --
6. Findings and Recommendations of Design Quality in the UK and in the Netherlands

Examines the wider implications of policy and design through a series of case studies of housing projects in the UK and the Netherlands. This guide offers architects the best practice for the design, policy and construction of new homes. It considers proposals for the Thames Gateway and government incentives to create better quality housing.

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