The first stage of Design WA is now out and it is worth having a look! Alternatively, you can discuss this with one of our building surveyors. The Design WA Guidelines is a set of policies in terms of design quality and built form outcomes from large-scale structure planning to development applications and subdivision considerations. The mechanisms are described into 3 different strategy of design which are: Design Principles, Design Review ad Design Skills. Design principles are what define a building with a “good design”. It includes context and character, landscape quality, built form and scale, functionality and build quality, sustainability, amenity, legibility, safety, community and aesthetics. Design Review involves a panel of experts on the built environment in order to assess the proposed design following the methodology described in the WAPC Design Review Guide. This expertise reveals to be helpful when it comes to design an innovating and complex building. Indeed, it pro