Opinion

Design codes: What they are and how to create them

By 2023-06-07T02:03:00

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Design codes are required because most house builders aren’t delivering good design. They work best when they’re simple and unambiguous, writes Robert Kwolek

You’ve probably been reading a lot about design codes in recent months. Articles about design codes looking at what they are, what they can accomplish and who’s working on them have cropped up both in this publication and others.

Most of the articles are quite theoretical, and little wonder as area-based design codes are still relatively new in the UK. They’ve been used for decades elsewhere, however, including in the US.

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