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Designer urges emphasis on 'healthier buildings'
Urban design
Designer urges emphasis on 'healthier buildings'
Robert Booth
Monday June 13, 2005
The Guardian
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Designer urges emphasis on 'healthier buildings'
Robert Booth
Monday June 13, 2005
The Guardian
Britain's buildings and public spaces are encouraging obesity and public health problems, according to the government's chief architecture adviser who has demanded that new developments be designed to improve the nation's fitness.
John Sorrell, chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, said a lack of prominent staircases in new commercial and public buildings, inadequate exercise facilities in schools and streetscapes that discourage walking and cycling, are putting unnecessary strain on a public health system which is increasingly being forced to cope with disease caused by sedentary lifestyles.
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