Do we need national design standards for housing?

Feilden Clegg Bradley’s award-winning Icon homes in Somerset.

Source: Tim Crocker

Ewan Willars thinks standards will provide the challenge to produce innovative design, while Andrew Whitaker thinks there is no place for them in private housing

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