Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Design quality in the Netherlands. Context -- Consensus culture -- SuperDutch -- Policy for architectural quality -- Design quality in Vinex housing -- Sustainability -- Skills and training -- Design quality in the Netherlands -- Case studies of new housing in the Netherlands -- The Eastern Harbour District, Amsterdam -- Ijburg, Amsterdam -- Vathorst, Amersfoort -- Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht -- Ypenburg, The Hague -- Design quality in the United Kingdom. Context -- Policy for quality in the UK -- Density -- Design codes -- Sustainability -- A true Cinderella : skills and training in the UK -- Design quality in the UK -- Low- and high-rise doll's houses and Dan Dare steel and glass towers? Design quality in the Thames Gateway -- Case studies of new housing in the UK -- Accordia, Cambridge -- The Greenwich Millennium Village -- The Staiths, Gateshead -- Donnybrook Quarter, London -- Learning from the Netherlands. Context -- Methods of implementing design quality -- Design quality through spatial, social and cultural diversity -- Design quality through architectural and sustainable design -- Design quality through urban design -- Recommendations for implementing design quality in new housing -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.