Publisher's Synopsis
Awards for housing design provide the opportunity to reward, celebrate and encourage the best in residential design. They provide the opportunity to learn about new forms of living environment, stimulate new ideas and provide positive examples of good design from which others can learn and exploit. However, no previous research has been undertaken which explores the extent to which design awards in general contribute to the wider objectives of Government design policy. This new report considers whether companies, and in particular house builders, look at and learn from award winning exemplars and reconsider their approaches to design and construction, and if not how might awards be changed to promote good design in the future? The report focuses in particular on the Housing Design Awards, and the particular role that they play within the wider awards portfolio is a central theme. It considers how key interests respond in general to awards for housing design.
