Revaluing Modern Architecture cuts through the contested politics of heritage listing to ask what conservation actually means for the vast, often overlooked stock of Modern buildings — from authenticated icons to the unglamorous sub-iconic majority.
About This Book
The conservation of Modern architectural heritage sits at an uneasy intersection of cultural value, climate urgency, and everyday usability. This book navigates that tension directly, tracing the recent history and current development of conservation practice for Modern buildings — examining authenticity, heritage charters, listing criteria, and protection frameworks. Crucially, it moves beyond the canonical landmarks to address the far larger body of sub-iconic Modern buildings whose adaptive re-use and regeneration will determine whether the built environment can meaningfully respond to the climate emergency. For practitioners, heritage consultants, and policy advocates, it is both a grounding text and a practical resource.
Key Features
- 240 pages of conservation theory, policy analysis, and illustrated case studies drawn from extensive practical experience
- Published by RIBA Publishing, 2022
What You'll Discover
- How authenticity frameworks developed for historic masonry buildings apply — and fail to apply — to Modern architecture's materials and systems
- The practical tensions between heritage protection and the thermal, acoustic, and accessibility upgrades that building users and owners actually need
- Why sub-iconic Modern buildings, not celebrated landmarks, represent the real conservation challenge — and the greatest opportunity for sustainable adaptive re-use
- How revaluing the legacy of Modern architecture connects heritage practice to de-carbonisation and the broader climate emergency
About the Author
[Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 260 × 220 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781914124235
- Publisher: RIBA Publishing
- Publication Date: 2022
Perfect For: Architects and heritage consultants working with Modern-era buildings, urban planners and policy professionals engaged in listing and protection frameworks, and researchers examining the intersection of conservation practice and climate-responsive design.