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Focus 2003: Design and architecture

By: Contributor(s): Series: Estates Gazette ; (0334) 23 August 2003, 33-39(7)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: Special report looking at recent building design. "Greening the workplace" reports on how although occupiers are becoming more environmentally friendly, many claim green buildings are too expensive to design; "High time for high density" examines how some developers and architects are campaigning for the renovation of 1960s high-rise estates as a solution to the homes crisis; "A crusader for style over substance" profiles Jon Rouse, the chief executive of the CABE, who hopes to persuade developers that good design can be financially rewarding.

Special report looking at recent building design. "Greening the workplace" reports on how although occupiers are becoming more environmentally friendly, many claim green buildings are too expensive to design; "High time for high density" examines how some developers and architects are campaigning for the renovation of 1960s high-rise estates as a solution to the homes crisis; "A crusader for style over substance" profiles Jon Rouse, the chief executive of the CABE, who hopes to persuade developers that good design can be financially rewarding.