In this blog Jim MacDonald, A&DS Chief Executive, reflects on how our relationship with place has changed during a year of lockdown and adaptation.
Case Study: Quality Audit Tool, Moray Council – Place Skills for Housing
Despite limited resources, Moray created a 'quality auditing' process to encourage good design in their housing developments, we look at the results.
Case Study: LIVEPark, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park – Place Skills for Housing
LLTNP influenced local development through LIVEPark Rural Development Frameworks. This brought the community in the conversation about their places.
Place Skills for Housing Module 1 – Locating for Place Quality
The focus of this series is on supporting better place quality through considering location and place priorities for new housing led developments.
Introducing A Place Based Approach to Housing
This article and short animation explains why you should adopt a place-based approach as outlined in the Place Principle.
Case Study: Countesswells, Aberdeen City Council – Place Skills for Housing
Aberdeen City Council led a masterplan approach to key housing sites. The result is Countesswells, a landscape-first approach to a neighbourhood.
A&DS contributes to Build It Aberdeen – November 2020
Built It Aberdeen took place online in 2020 and brought together industry experts discuss challenges facing the construction industry.
Designing for a Changing Climate: Planning Reform Report
This directly follows on from the pilot project A&DS undertook, which considered a whole place approach to designing for a changing climate.
The Happenstance: Dispatch 1
Introduction: Morag Bain. First in a series of twelve publications or ‘dispatches’, exploring the themes of, and learning from The Happenstance.
Designing for a Changing Climate: Carbon Conscious Places Report Launch
Scotland’s climate is changing. How Scotland’s places are adapted and used can help futureproof against the impacts of climate change.