TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cousins, Matthew
TI  - Design quality in new housing : learning from the Netherlands 
SN  - 0415447704
U1  - 728.09492 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxon
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Public housing
KW  - Housing policy--England
KW  - Housing--England
KW  - Housing policy--Netherlands
KW  - Housing--Netherlands
KW  - Building--Quality control
KW  - Architecture, Domestic
KW  - Gujarāt (Inde) -- Population -- Statistiques
KW  - Population
KW  - India -- Gujarat
N1  - CONTENTS Acknowledgements    vi Introduction  1 1.  Design quality in the Netherlands  9 Context  9 Consensus culture  9 SuperDutch  12 Policy for architectural quality  13 Design quality in Vinex housing  17 Sustainability  19 Skills and training  21 Design quality in the Netherlands  22 studies of lousing in the Netherlands The Eastern Harbour District, Amsterdam 2  5 Ijburg, Amsterdam  33 Vathorst, Amersfoort  43 Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht  51 Ypenburg, The Hague  59 2.  Design quality in the United Kingdom  69 Context  69 Policy for quality in the UK  69 Density  78 Design codes  80 Sustainability  81 A true Cinderella: skills and training in the UK  85 Design quality in the UK  86 Low- and high-rise doll's houses and Dan Dare steel and glass towers? Design quality in the Thames Gateway  90 Case studies of new housing in the UK Accordia, Cambridge  97 The Greenwich Millennium Village  105 The Staiths, Gateshead  113 Donnybrook Quarter, London  121 3. Learning from the  Netherlands  129 Context  129 Methods of implementing design quality  129 Design quality through spatial, social and cultural diversity  134 Design quality through architectural and sustainable design  139 Design quality through urban design  142 nmendations for implementing design quality in new housing  146 Conclusions 147 Notes 149 Bibliography 156 Index 162 Image credits 167
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