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. Building for Life 2001 - 2012 Building for Life was launched in 2001 as a tool for assessing the design quality of homes and neighbourhoods in England. It was initially developed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), with partners the Home Builders Federation, the Civic Trust and Design for Homes. The Building for Life tool consisted of 20 questions, or criteria, to assess the design quality of new housing developments, resulting in a numerical score. The criteria reflect the importance of functionality, attractiveness and sustainability in well-designed homes and neighbourhoods and were aligned to national planning policy at the time (which preceded the current National Planning Policy Framework). The approach embodied by the criteria was based on national planning policy guidance and on urban design principles. The criteria also link to other standards for housing design, including the BREEAM EcoHomes standard, the Code for Sustainable Homes, Lifetime Homes and Secured by Design. Following the global credit crisis, there were fundamental changes in national governance that led to the 20 point version of Building for Life being abandoned and a new 12 point version created. In 2021, Building for a Healthy Life is managed by Design for Homes and Urban Design Doctor with support/endorsement from the Home Builders Federation, Homes England, Urban Design Group and Living Streets. Living Streets endorsed the tool in 2021 and its logo will feature on the next edition of Building for a Healthy Life due for publication in 2022. Uses Uses for Building for Life include the following: The basis of development briefs written by developers and housing associations A tool to assess compliance with quality standards, for projects being considered for public