South West

The South West has a tourist industry which contributes £5 billion to the economy each year.

There is a high demand for housing which results in affordability issues, exacerbated by the number of second homes. The major challenge is to embrace the benefits of growth while maintaining the quality of the places that attract development in the first place.  

Regional representatives

Jeremy Gould is a practising architect and partner of Jeremy & Caroline Gould Architects and professor of architecture at the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Plymouth.

Regional partners

• South West Regional Development Agency
• Creating: excellence (the Regional Centre of Excellence)
• Government Office for the South West

Architecture centres

We fund the following architecture centres:

• The Architecture Centre, Bristol
  Fosters a greater understanding and enjoyment of architecture and design, and the benefits of a better built environment, across the region.
• Architecture Centre Devon & Cornwall
  Promotes quality in design and the built environment in Devon and Cornwall.

We also fund the Architecture Centre Network, a development and advocacy organisation for the architecture centres.

Design South West

Design South West is a strategic alliance of organisations and agencies influencing the quality of the built environment in the South West. It supports the delivery of the ‘design leadership’ programme to local authorities by the two architecture centres, and co-ordinates their work on the programme.

It helps those involved in regeneration to be effective in delivering well-designed buildings and public space through advice, training and showing evidence of the benefits of good design.

Design South West is funded by CABE and Creating:Excellence.