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The theory of cultural built heritage
How do we define cultural built heritage? What is culture and what is heritage? Where does the idea of conservation...
Read moreContesting Change in Heritage Environments
As communities throughout the world have come to recognise the importance of their cultural heritage, a number of unexpected results...
Read moreGood Design & Heritage
The Office of the Victorian Government Architect in Australia provides strategic advice to the government about architecture and urban design....
Read moreHeritage and Globalisation
Lester and Reckhow (2012) – see reference below; write that the new economic reality of heightened international competition, constant technological...
Read moreNational Trust Ethical Principles for Heritage and Conservation
Today (I received them on 9 March 2018), the National Trust has issued a set of Ethical Principles for heritage...
Read moreCharacter Enshrined as Heritage Overlays in LEPs
Christine Covington of Corrs, Chambers, Westgarth Lawyers writes (7 March 2018) about proposed new changes to the EP&A Act in...
Read moreThe 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 moreNew Approaches to Heritage Planning
Heritage can basically be anything and exist anywhere. It can also be personal and collective as well as local and...
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 moreWhy do we hold on to our Heritage?
Enshrined in Goal 11 of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, the following aims are set out; Goal 11: Make cities...
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 moreDo you have what it takes to be a Heritage Consultant?
According to the 1993 ICOMOS Education & Training Guidelines - Article 5; conservation works should only be entrusted to persons...
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