Over 2,000 years of settlement give London its unique architectural heritage. Unlike Haussmann's Paris, neither monarch nor politician imposed their will; private ownership and enterprise shaped the city and defined its parts. Elegant West End squares and crescents hallmark the Classical townscape that emerged between 1600 and 1830, but medieval, Tudor and Victorian enclaves identified by occupation, class or guild make their own design statement, notably in the City and East End. From its renewal after the Great Fire of 1666 as a centre of commerce, culture, finance and as a railway hub, the seat of power and law, How to Read London reveals through the built environment how London's domestic, civic and commercial landscape has evolved and adapted from imperial capital to global city.

Building regulations for access to and use of buildings in dwellings and buildings other than dwellings and provides a baseline for accessibility in the built environment. Volume 1: The 2015 edition with 2016 amendments of 'Approved Document M: access to and use of buildings Volume 1: dwellings' only covers dwellings and contains updated guidance. In particular, it introduces 3 categories of dwellings: *category 1: visitable dwellings *category 2: accessible and adaptable dwellings *category 3: wheelchair user dwelling *categories 2 and 3 apply only where required by planning permission. The 2015 edition with 2016 amendments took effect on 1 March 2016 for use in England.

Approved Document E: Resistance to the passage of sound (this is the current edition: it is the 2003 edition, reprinted 2011 with slight revisions to references). 1. Following the "James Review of Education Capital" in 2011, DfE have been reviewing their library of design guidance for school buildings with the objective of simplification. 2. The revised Building Bulletin 93, "Acoustic design of schools: performance standards" was published on 18th December 2014. 3. The new edition is designed to: (a) Make the Building Regulations easier to apply and remove the minor problems that have been identified during their 10 years of existence; (b) Revise effective minimum standards for refurbishment work. These standards will also be compliance standards for changes of use, e.g. from an office to a school; (c) Reduce design time and make building control approval easier, by setting refurbishment standards as a baseline for alternative performance standards and removing the need for building control bodies to make qualitative judgements about open-plan spaces. Contracts and Management Publications Update Service: To ensure that you have the most up-to-date Approved Document or Amendment to an Approved Document to hand, you can now join our CAMPUS service. RIBA Bookshops will automatically send you copies of new releases as and when they are published. Visit our CAMPUS page for further details.