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Buildings in the Landscape: Informed Conservation for the 21st Century

Buildings in the Landscape: Informed Conservation for the 21st Century l a n d s c a p e s (2011), 2, Review Article pp. 95–100 © Review Article Buildings in the Landscape: Informed Conservation for the 21st Century Various authors, fifteen recent volumes (2007–2011) in the English Heritage series ‘Informed Conservation’ (2000–2012), £7.99 (except those published in 2010 and 2011, which are £9.99). Taking a landscape perspective when assessing historic buildings for protection, while slow to take root in the oc ffi ial consciousness, is hardly a new concept. Several of the policy makers who were responsible for drawing up the r fi st British statutory lists after the Second World War were aware that in focussing on individual buildings, large swathes of worthwhile historic town- and landscape would remain unacknowledged and vulnerable. In England and Wales, the sensitive management of beautiful landscapes had a head start over clusters of historic buildings – National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) date from 199 4 – and it was not until the 1960s that the notion of conservation areas entered the mainstream of local planning thinking. ‘Taking a more holistic approach to the historic environment’ became something of a conservation management mantra in the 1990s and was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscapes Taylor & Francis

Buildings in the Landscape: Informed Conservation for the 21st Century

Cherry, Martin
Landscapes , Volume 12 (2): 6 – Dec 1, 2011
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2011 Maney Publishing
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2040-8153
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1466-2035
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10.1179/lan.2011.12.2.95
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l a n d s c a p e s (2011), 2, Review Article pp. 95–100 © Review Article Buildings in the Landscape: Informed Conservation for the 21st Century Various authors, fifteen recent volumes (2007–2011) in the English Heritage series ‘Informed Conservation’ (2000–2012), £7.99 (except those published in 2010 and 2011, which are £9.99). Taking a landscape perspective when assessing historic buildings for protection, while slow to take root in the oc ffi ial consciousness, is hardly a new concept. Several of the policy makers who were responsible for drawing up the r fi st British statutory lists after the Second World War were aware that in focussing on individual buildings, large swathes of worthwhile historic town- and landscape would remain unacknowledged and vulnerable. In England and Wales, the sensitive management of beautiful landscapes had a head start over clusters of historic buildings – National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) date from 199 4 – and it was not until the 1960s that the notion of conservation areas entered the mainstream of local planning thinking. ‘Taking a more holistic approach to the historic environment’ became something of a conservation management mantra in the 1990s and was

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Published: Dec 1, 2011

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