The Battle for Our Buildings
Posted Thu 14th Dec 2017 | efront
Open House Executive Director Emma Telfer spoke earlier this year at The Wheeler Centre panel discussion ‘The Battle for Our Buildings.
Is the bar for ‘heritage protection’ – which must include proof of the historic, aesthetic, social or scientific significance of a site – set too high? Should some buildings be saved simply because of what they mean to us … and how do we measure the strength of a community’s emotional attachment to a building, anyway? What happens to perfectly preserved buildings that sit dormant due to rigid heritage controls? When a site is protected, what happens next?
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Open House Melbourne’s Emma Telfer joins panelists including Stuart Macintyre, Chris Johnston and Marcus Westbury for a discussion of what’s worth saving.
