Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
AbbreviationCABE
Merged intoDesign Council
Formation1 August 1999
Dissolved1 April 2011
TypeGovernment architectural advisory organisation
Legal statusQuango
PurposePublic architecture in England
HeadquartersLondon, EC1
Region served
England
Chief Executive
Richard Simmons
Main organ
Board of Commissioners (Chairman – Paul Finch OBE)
Websitewww.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/cabe/
One Kemble Street

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) was an executive non-departmental public body of the UK government, established in 1999. It was funded by both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Communities and Local Government. It was merged into the Design Council on 1 April 2011.