TY  - GEN
AU  - Cousins,Matthew
TI  - Design quality in new housing: learning from the Netherlands
SN  - 9780415447706
AV  - HD7333.A3 C73 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Architecture, Domestic
KW  - Housing policy
KW  - England
KW  - Housing
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Building
KW  - Quality control
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-161) and index; Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 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 -- The Eastern Harbour District, Amsterdam -- Ijburg, Amsterdam -- Vathorst, Amersfoort -- Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht -- Ypenburg, The Hague -- 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 Quarter, London -- Learning from the Netherlands. Context -- 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 -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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