What is design review? 

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At Arc, a key part of our work is the Humber design review service. We manage an independent, expert panel of professionals who can offer design advice and guidance to anyone working on the built environment in our region.

The service operates through regular sessions where schemes are presented to panel members for review. We have already helped countless developers, designers, clients and planners improve the design quality and effectiveness of their projects and we're eager to help more.

The design review panel acts as a critical friend and the leading experts who make up the panel are drawn from across the built environment professions.       

So, if you're involved in a building project of significance in our region, we can help. Here's how...

• The Humber design review panel is impartial, independent and objective.
• We appraise the design quality of planned schemes, using independent peer review to identify capacity for improvement.
• We help constructively challenge poor aspects of a scheme, and encourage the promising elements.
• We invite you to access invaluable design knowledge and expertise at vital stages of your scheme, to help you deliver the best design outcomes.
• We work closely with the planning system.
• We can offer expert insight into complex issues such as sustainability. We do all of this so that your development can achieve its potential to deliver design excellence and create great places for our region.    

"Arc is a nurturing environment, where designers are encouraged to design better schemes"
Richard Scott of Surface Architects

"There was an impressive calibre of panel members offering comment"
Oliver Grunewald of SUSD Limited Architects

For more information about how the Humber design review panel works, please contact Jon Wood on 01482 280033 or email jon[ @ ]arc-online.co.uk