Building for Life

Building for Life, Building for Life 12, Adeliladu am Oes 12 Cymru (Building for a Healthy Life Wales) and Building for a Healthy Life are design tools for improving the quality of new homes and neighbourhoods used across England and Wales. The current version in use in England is Building for a Healthy Life (2020 edition).

The tool has changed and evolved over its twenty years of existence. The tool was rewritten in 2012 and published under the name 'Building for Life 12'. In 2020, the tool was updated and renamed 'Building for a Healthy Life'. These changes have enabled the tool to remain relevant, well known and well used in a constantly changing economic, political and regulatory climate.