Survey Of The Building Design Professions' Attitudes To The Policy On Architecture

MORI Scotland was commissioned by the Scottish Executive in October 2004 to conduct one-to-one depth interviews and a national telephone survey among design professionals. The survey examined their knowledge of, and attitudes towards, the Executive's policy on architecture, which was introduced in October 2001.

The study examined design professionals opinions on the current standards of design in Scotland, drivers and barriers of good design, awareness of the policy on architecture and other related legislation and the impact it has had on the work they do.

Technical details

MORI conducted 6 one-to-one depth interviews with senior representatives of the design professions in October 2004. The findings from these depth interviews were used to inform the design of the main national telephone survey questionnaire. The national survey was conducted by telephone between 3-24 November 2004. To disseminate the findings further, 15 follow-up depth interviews were conducted in February 2005 with selected design professional representatives.