CABE Faces Up To The Future

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) is one of the organisations whose public funding is being withdrawn as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review. The organisation has now finally admitted that it will have to change radically if it is to survive. I have to own up to being somewhat equivocal about all this. CABE has done some excellent work but whenever I've really wanted to get into some detailed advice - we've recently been reviewing our local public spaces, admittedly rural rather than urban - I've found that their publications rather skim the surface. Perhaps if they can find another source of substantial funding they will find focus along with it.