This paper, presented at a Council for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences workshop to discuss how the arts sector can respond to the new federal government's innovation agenda, proposes that within the humanities and social sciences it is the field of design that best addresses the relationship between innovation and industry. If the government...

The focus of this submission is on the quality of the built environment and its importance for enhancing liveability.

This guide aims to provide auditors with an understanding of the value of good design in construction, and a firm basis for examining whether good design has been achieved in a particular project.

The Value of Urban Design aims to establish whether there is a persuasive case for urban design – the design of the buildings, places, spaces and networks (both public and private) that make up our towns and cities, and the ways people use them. Is there value to be gained through good urban design? What...

This document draws together key research from the UK and abroad to show that investment in good design generates economic and social value.