Heritage Buildings Still Need To Evolve

Conservation and change are not opposites. The load path decides how much original fabric survives.

A heritage building that cannot be used is at greater risk than one that is carefully adapted. Continued use funds continued maintenance.

The engineering question is where to place new structure so that significant fabric carries less, not more. Reversibility and legibility matter as much as capacity.

Good heritage engineering is usually quiet: the intervention is present, honest and largely out of the way.