EP 023427 January 2025 · 39 min
What is Heritage and Conservation, Ft. Jonathan Goode at Le Lay Architects
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Heritage and conservation architecture asks a different question from new-build work: how do you adapt buildings without flattening the history, craft and character that make them worth saving?
Stephen Drew speaks with Jonathan Goode of Le Lay Architects about heritage and conservation work, historic buildings, churches, practice life and the skills needed to work sensitively with old fabric.
The conversation covers:
What heritage and conservation architecture involves in practice
Why churches, schools and historic homes need careful judgement
How hand drawing, physical models and technology can work together
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- · Stephen Drew
Stephen Drew
Hello everyone. It's old meets new. I know what you're thinking. That building you're in, couldn't it be better? You're an architect, you probably had that idea. We're going to learn how to do it from someone that's done it. That's right. It's not just all about knocking up glass houses. I wouldn't mind a glass house.
But anyways, old meets new. 18 seconds.
Le Lay Architects projects
The work behind the conversation.
Kensington and Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square
A long-term conservation appointment supports a Grade I Victorian church known as the Cathedral of the Arts and Crafts, combining condition surveys, repairs, access and new community facilities.
View project →Pimlico, Westminster, London, United Kingdom · 2017
St Saviour’s Church
A completed conservation phase and long-term inspection role support the repair, reordering and continued use of a Grade II Victorian church in Pimlico.
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