Observations about heritage
The Purpose of Heritage Conservation Areas
Over the past forty years, concern with the conservation of the character of areas of architectural or historic interest has...
Read moreHeritage is only relevant when it is relevant for the people
As highlighted by OWHC, Council of Europe and EUROCITIES advocates the involvement of communities as an important approach to the...
Read moreA Strictly Western View of Heritage
Harrington (see reference below) asserts that the desire to preserve the past is not a modern phenomenon. However, by the...
Read moreHeritage – The way we see it is how we tell it.
It is so customary to think of the historical past in terms of narrative, sequences, dates and chronologies that we...
Read moreHeritage versus Sustainability
Yesterday I attended a seminar in Pyrmont NSW entitled “Sustainability Live”. It was organised by Architecture & Design and dwelt...
Read moreHeritage is not a Frozen Concept
Paolo Ceccarelli from Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy maintains that there is a widely shared opinion that...
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