Increasingly, architects are hired to design new work for existing structures. Whether for reasons of preservation, sustainability, or cost-effectiveness, the m

This book is a celebration of good new design for old buildings and the SPAB philosophy that good new architecture can sit happily alongside old and is preferab

It is clear that working with historic structures is both more environmentally sustainable and cost effective than new architecture and construction—and many

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