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The Government Workplace Design Guide (26 January 2021)
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The Government Workplace Design Guide
This publication sets out the standards for our workspaces; what they look like and the experience we want our people to have in those spaces.
Published 13 October 2020
Last updated 26 January 2021 — see all updates
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Government Workplace Design Guide
PDF, 69.2MB, 158 pages
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Net Zero and Sustainability Annex
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Historic Building Annex
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The Government Workplace Design Guide is one of a suite of standards setting expectations for the management of corporate functions across government and is mandatory for central government organisations with property responsibilities. Other public sector organisations might find it useful for assessing themselves against the same guidelines.
The guide is intended for use by anyone involved in commissioning, planning, designing and managing new or major redevelopments of government office estate. It is to be used in conjunction with the Royal Institute of British Architects Plan of Work 2020 and Government Property Agency (GPA) or departmental process plans at each project stage to communicate aspirations, design approach and standards.
The guide supports the Government Functional Standard for Property, Govs 004: Property.
The Net Zero and Sustainability Annex is a supporting document for the guide, and its requirements largely aligns with the UK Green Building Council Net Zero Buildings Framework to identify the steps and processes that new and refurbishment projects should undertake to deliver a Net Zero building.
The annex takes a standardised approach whereby the targets and guidelines must be adopted by the whole portfolio of buildings within the government office estate and not only a single building.
The guide is published here as Version 1.1 ‘Approved for internal government trial’ and for continued testing in use. In due course, the guide and annex may be revised where necessary and adopted as Version 2.0.
The Historic Building Annex outlines the approach for handling our heritage assets; recognising the need to preserve our past, whilst developing a use for modern day requirements. This has been developed with consultation from Historic England.
Feedback is welcome from all interested parties, including government suppliers or contractors, professional organisations, or wider public sector bodies. Comments may be sent by email to designguide@gpa.gov.uk.
Published 13 October 2020
Last updated 26 January 2021 + show all updates