| post-charlie TUCLAND rediscovers the joys
| of modernist architecture, we think -- were these
| recommendations not a part of the cannon of
| modernist architecture? less strain for the housewife
| but _do_ play in the sun!
|
| anyhow, glad to see (even committees) growing out
| of oh-so-conservative, regressive, Conservation-and
| Sustainability type of stuff-without-moral-core
Architects' watchdog calls for built-in fitness
Rob Sharp
Sunday October 1, 2006
The Observer
The health of the population could be boosted by using more 'joined-up
thinking' when planning new buildings, the Commission for Architecture
and the Built Environment will say in a briefing document to be
published this month.
The design watchdog will call on the government's health and housing
departments to work together to ensure that new buildings can be used to
help reduce obesity rates.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1884999,00.html