This evening of talks marks the impact of the London Housing Design Guide, first launched in 2010 under the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency. The Guide has shaped a generation of new homes in the capital, and its influence reached as far as the Netherlands, where it inspired new legislation.
Speakers look back at how the Guide came about, the politics and context behind it, and what it changed in housing regulation and design. Jo McCafferty, a Director of Levitt Bernstein and co-author of The Housing Design Handbook, will cover the earlier history of London housing standards. Fenna Haakma Wagenaar, Design Lead for Space and Sustainability at the City of Amsterdam, brings a European perspective on the Guide's influence abroad.
This is the first event from the newly formed RIBA London Housing group, and it suits anyone working in housing, particularly affordable housing in London.
