EP 023427 January 2025 · 39 min
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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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Opening of the conversation
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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.
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The guest, the practice, the work
Kensington and Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
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.
Pimlico, Westminster, London, United Kingdom · 2017
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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