A&DS is developing a design advice service on town centre living, initially looking at town centres as Caring Places for older people.
OUR APPROACH: Promoting the value of design
We work with partners to ensure that design becomes central to how we plan our places - to demonstrate the value of design.
OUR WORK: Empowering Communities
A&DS supports communities, providing advice and support and we promote the benefits of community engagement and share examples of good work.
SERVICE: Making Places – Community Placemaking
Making Places: We are currently undertaking a pilot project to provide support for community placemaking projects across Scotland.
SERVICE: Support for Local Design Review Panels
Local Design Review panels seek to add to advice offered by local authorities, creating a platform for a variety of local voices.
SERVICE: Local Authority Urban Design Forum (LAUDF)
The Local Authority Urban Design offers practitioners a space to share practice and common issues and networking around urban design.
Town Centre Living: A Caring Place
Town Centre Living: How we can use design to help create a caring place? What value does design bring? Join the conversation!
A&DS Design Advice – information for communities
Information for communities about how Architecture and Design Scotland gets involved in the development of places across Scotland.
SERVICE: The Place Standard Tool – How Good is Our Place?
The Place Standard tool provides a simple framework to structure conversations about place. Read more about our work to encourage the use of the tool.