Good urban design can add economic value by creating areas where people want to spend time and money. Well designed schemes can help transform areas. By creating places that are safe, walkable, well connected with access to facilities and employment opportunities good design can also deliver a range of social and environmental benefits. Applying urban design principles does not necessarily add costs but requires careful consideration of how the urban structure, spaces and buildings and landscape are arranged. Ensuring places deliver value requires:
Case Study 044 - Estimating the value of good design - Port Marine, Portishead, Bristol
Case Study 045 - The Value of good design - Liverpool One
Case Study 046 - Attracting creative businesses - Holbeck Urban Village, Leeds
Case Study 047 - Transforming perceptions through quality design - Paintworks, Bristol
Case Study 048 - Using historic assets to create a place - Hanham Hall, South Gloucestershire
Case Study 049 - Commissioning public art - Princesshay, Exeter
Case Study 050 - Achieving high speed of sale - Chimney Pot Park, Salford
Case Study 051 - A partnership approach to regeneration - Far Gosford Street, Coventry
Case Study 053 - Partnering to maximise available resources and skills - Blueprint
Case Study 055 - Achieving diversity through small development parcels - Ashley Vale, Bristol
Case Study 056 - Providing landowner certainty - Newhall, Harlow
Case Study 057 - Accommodating freedom in design - Nieuw Leyden, Leiden, The Netherlands
Case Study 058 - Obtaining partners through competition - Crown Street Regeneration Project, Glasgow
Case Study 059 - Procuring quality partners - All Saints Quarter, Rotherham
Case Study 106 - Viability testing alongside masterplanning - Eastern Gateway Soham Masterplan
Case Study 107 - Sustainable design for older people - Prince Charles House, St Austell
Case Study 119 - Offsetting costs to increase values - Adelaide Wharf, London
Case Study 120 - Achieving diversity through small development parcels, Vauban, Freiburg
Case Study 121 - Remaining involved - Borneo Sporenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Case Study 122 - Maintaining community input through the selection process - Heart of East Greenwich
Case Study 126 - Working in partnership - Staiths South Bank, Gateshead
Case Study 130 - Creating value through design - Brindley Place, Birmingham
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