Department of Planning (2011)

• A concise guide, specifically for the typical town and district scale centres in NSW.

• Includes urban structure information, not just public domain ‘dressing’.

Department of Planning (2011)

• Uses Sydney case studies to show long standing principles with project data, plans, sections and photos.

• Good for considering more than architectural style and showing development in some context.

Landcom (approx 2010)

• Practical guide about calculating different types of residential density.

• Explains the use (and misuse) of density measures.

• Explains implications of controls like parking and dwelling size on net density, and suburban land use conventions on gross density.

Landcom (approx 2014)

• Project based exploration of low to mid rise residential typologies. It contains examples of Torrens title terrace housing built using the house and land package delivery model.

• Significant for establishing standard lot widths for greenfield subdivision for terraces.

• Honest appraisal of lessons learned with detailed delivery insights normally not considered in architectural guides such as the extra knowledge needed in small lot housing to deal with services.

Design for London (2007)

• Early publication on delivering good higher density housing.

• Time tested principles that recognise living in more intense and compact built environments involves complex design considerations across neighbourhood scale, family housing, residential amenity, project delivery and management.

• The sequel (2015) is also available here: tps://www.pollardthomasedwards.co.uk/download/SUPERDENSITY_2015_download.pdf

Llewelyn Davies and the English Partnership

• Useful practice and teaching resource explaining the fundamentals of urban design across scales and the design of urban structure, connectivity, public spaces and place qualities.

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)

• How high quality parks and public spaces create economic, social and environmental value.

• A reminder in a time where housing is an intense focus that the public spaces of our cities are critical to our personal physical and mental wellbeing, our collective public life and a more resilient future for all.