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View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
The Office for Place will help shift how the planning system is used, as a shield against the worst to its future role as a champion of the best.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 600 place 11 to 16 secondary school.
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with a music and sports specialism.
Baseline designs for a 630 place primary school.
Guidance on the grant to provide additional support to 21 areas producing exemplar design codes.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,850 place 11 to 18 secondary school.
Every design task is critical at HS2 and every design discipline is covered in our interpretation of design, set out in 'HS2 Design Vision'.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with a typical curriculum.
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