Abstract
UK Government established Commission for Architecture and Built Environment (CABE) in 1999, which stands for an improvement in people's quality of life through good design. In this paper, we focused on Design Review (DR), one of CABE's major services. CABE provides practical advices to the important projects in England by DR. Through the analysis of DR comments for 19 projects in City of London, we elucidate that CABE's DR is effective even though it is not legally binding, that they provide objective and specialist advices on broader design paradigm, and that they help local authorities establish their own DR as well.
