Ten design principles

The Prince of Wales

'A Vision of Britain' (Doubleday, L14-95) by the Prince of Wales has set out his ten principles that should govern good architecture. These principles are very much in tune with the Institute's own bias towards the human scale. If all housing developments for single mothers, for instance, had the conviviality and safety of enclosed communal gardens or squares, as advocated by Prince Charles, then the lives of both mothers and their children would be transformed.

- New buildings should blend with the landscape;
- The size of buildings should be in relation to their public importance and key elements should be obvious;
- Buildings should respond to 'human scale';
- They should be in tune with neighbouring buildings;
- Architects need humility;
- The privacy and feeling of safety of squares, alms houses, universities and the Inns of Court should be studied;

'The privacy and feeling of safety of squares, alms houses, universities and the Inns of Court should be studied'

- Districts should compile inventories of local materials;
- Buildings without decoration give no pleasure;
- Traffic signs and lighting should be kept under control;
- The users of buildings should be consulted more closely.

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