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Explore some of our older resources - videos, documents and publications - to help you create Scotland's places. 

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Module 1: Locating for place quality

Module 1: Locating for place quality

This module will help you gain a better understanding of the Place Principle and how a place based approach to housing and the quality of place. Poor quality places aren't just bad for those living there. Over time they can lead to significant costs for the public sector, struggle to tackle big issues like climate change or inequalities. To succeed, everyone needs to work together to agree shared ambitions and this module works through key themes within this topic.
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Design Skills Symposium 2014

Follow up resources from the Design Skills Symposium, organised with the Local Authority Urban Design Forum, in 2014.
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Local authority urban design forum 10 - newsletter - December 2017

A newsletter on delivering landscape and public open space. 
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Local authority urban design forum 09 - newsletter - May 2017

A newsletter on engaging communities in design for all abilities access and movement. 
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Local authority urban design forum 08 - newsletter - December 2016

A newsletter on private and public sector housing perspectives. 
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Local authority urban design forum 07 - newsletter - May 2016

Newsletter on the adaptation of existing streets and the design of new streets.
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Local authority urban design forum 06 - newsletter - December 2015

A newsletter from the LAUDF group on the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design. 
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Local Authority Urban Design Forum - 05 - workshop resources - May 2015

Resources from a workshop session on urban design in a town centre context.
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Local authority urban design forum 05 - newsletter - May 2015

A newsletter on urban design in a town centre context 
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Local authority urban design forum 03 - newsletter - May 2014

A newsletter on design in the development planning process
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Local authority urban design forum 01 - newsletter - May 2013

A report from the first full meeting of the Local Authority Urban Design Forum
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Learning point: key placemaking issues for housing

The following learning point from 2010 captures key placemaking issues relating to housing. It is based on learning across a range of projects we have seen through our design advice. 
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Personal space: interior design approaches to mental health bedrooms

Learn about the different interior design approaches you need to design bedrooms for mental health facilities. 
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