Catalogue description Records of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

Details of CABE
Reference: CABE
Title: Records of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Description:

Records created or inherited by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE).

Includes:

  • CABE Space Department: Processes, Procedures and Evaluation (CABE 12); Public Space Strategy and Design (CABE 13); Research, Best Practice, Management and Skills (CABE 14).
  • Design and Planning Advice Department: Housing, Urban Design and Master Planning (CABE 10); Design Skills Development and Conclusions from Programmes (CABE 11).
  • Design Review Department: Legacy and Handover Notes (CABE 6).
  • Sustainability and Inclusive Design Team: Projects, Guidance and Papers (CABE 15).
  • Research Department: Processes, Procedures and Evaluation (CABE 18); Projects (CABE 19).
  • Communications and Media Department: Branding, Campaign Reports and Papers (CABE 20).

For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
Date: 2004-2011
Arrangement:
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 1999-2011

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-
Physical description: 20 series
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), was established in September 1999, as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). CABE succeeded the former Royal Fine Art Commission (RFAC) which had been established by royal warrant in 1924 to advise on individual projects specifically referred to it by government departments and other public bodies. RFAC was eventually sponsored by the Department of the Environment and the Department for National Heritage, but had no statutory powers and was abolished in April 1999.

CABE was funded by both DCMS and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

CABE was made a statutory body by the Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005. CABE served as the government's statutory adviser on architecture, urban design and public space in England. Its remit was to influence and inspire the people making decisions about the built environment; working directly with architects, planners, designers and clients.

CABE's remit did not cover Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The equivalent body in Scotland is Architecture and Design Scotland.

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