33 Min.

Old Buildings – New Beginnings: Resurrecting our Unloved Heritage BDP Podcast

    • Design

When we talk about the adaptive reuse of old buildings, we often think of buildings from pre WW1 – romantic buildings from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian era. But a large proportion of the UK building stock consists of vacant buildings dating from the fifties to seventies – the not so old, and not so loved buildings. In this episode, we explore the challenges this era of buildings bring, and how our design approach differs when bringing them back to life.

When we talk about the adaptive reuse of old buildings, we often think of buildings from pre WW1 – romantic buildings from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian era. But a large proportion of the UK building stock consists of vacant buildings dating from the fifties to seventies – the not so old, and not so loved buildings. In this episode, we explore the challenges this era of buildings bring, and how our design approach differs when bringing them back to life.

33 Min.