The Pevsner way of seeing
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:24+00:00For Martine Hamilton Knight, contributing to a revision of Pevsner’s ‘Buildings of England’ prompted a re-evaluation of the notion of ‘timelessness’ in architectural photography.
Heritage: High Street politics
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:26+00:00Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, says the planning inquiry intro controversial plans to raze and rebuild Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store could change the future of construction.
Learning from design codes
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:29+00:00The new National Model Design Code is being trialled across the UK. Gail Mayhew, managing director of Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole’s new placemaking company FuturePlaces, looks at the lessons that can be learnt from previous attempts to codify urban design.
Repurposing the past: Identifying value and making the case for change
AT Editor2022-11-22T12:26:34+00:00An AT Schüco webinar exploring ways of evaluating, upgrading and repurposing our historic building stock is taking place on Wednesday 29th June.
One of a kind
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:26:36+00:00A new publication from the Twentieth Century Society by historian Geraint Franklin charts John Outram’s extraordinary career. Charles Holland enjoys the first major study of a highly idiosyncratic architect who remains impossible to categorise.
Heritage policy must adapt to climate change
Peter Songi2022-11-22T12:26:50+00:00Historic buildings need to be adapted to become energy efficient. Robert Adam urges heritage bodies and architects to embrace an approach that evolves, rather than contrasts with, the architectural language of our listed building stock.