{"id":19780,"date":"2018-08-03T17:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19780"},"modified":"2018-08-03T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:25:51","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-place-alliance-partners-research-reviewing-design-review-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19780","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes PLACE Alliance &#038; partners research: \u2018Reviewing design review in London\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018_Place_Alliance_website_by_Rob_Cowan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19781\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018_Place_Alliance_website_by_Rob_Cowan.png\" alt=\"cartoon\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a>The IHBC has welcomed a new study by PLACE Alliance and partners &#8211; <em>Reviewing design review in London<\/em> \u2013 examining design review cases in London to provide \u2018a 360-degree analysis of the diversity of design review practices across London and the benefits that flow from high quality provision.\u2019<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Place Alliance by Rob Cowan<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018The research partnership in this project was led by the PLACE Alliance, a link body represented best by the integrated, interdisciplinary place-focussed aspirations of its titular acronym \u2018PLACE\u2019: Planning, Landscape, Architecture, Conservation and Engineering.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018These priorities nicely link the core skill sets and disciplines on which place management depends, while the consortium led by the Alliance in this research including UCL, Urban Design London and the Mayor of London.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>PLACE Alliance writes of its research:<\/p>\n<p>Overwhelmingly those interviewed, from all sides, were positive about the purpose and value of design review, accepting that for a modest cost the process did improve design.\u00a0 For those managing, commissioning, serving on, or presenting to design review panels, the aspirations for review are clear and unified.\u00a0 They focus on achieving better design and placemaking than would otherwise be achieved without design review.\u00a0 Developers tend to be more circumspect about design review than these groups, but also accepted that the process is a necessary means to raise the standard of design.<\/p>\n<p>The research revealed that generally the practice and experience of design review across London is improving, although there remain some important challenges.<\/p>\n<p>For the study see <a href=\"https:\/\/indd.adobe.com\/view\/6b092a16-9991-4abf-a4ee-9da8719afec5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on the foundation of PLACE Alliance see the IHBC NewsBlogs <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LINK 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LINK 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see the Place Alliance website at <a href=\"http:\/\/placealliance.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placealliance.org.uk<\/a> and links to &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/placealliance.org.uk\/about-us-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About us<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC has welcomed a new study by PLACE Alliance and partners &#8211; 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