The intent of design codes is understandable and commendable: to prevent scaleless and monotonous projects. Unfortunately, our Tri-County area has more than its share of these.

Design codes are part of a process that more and more people the the left and right now support, a process of “bringing democracy forward” and setting clearer, more readily comprehensible and more ...

Allan, who joined the government’s Levelling Up department in November 2021, said the introduction of design codes at the local and national scale will not restrict what architects can do. ‘They ...

The design codes are continually updated to account for new knowledge, new materials and new design techniques. The reliability of our structures is improving all the time.