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Skyscrapers and Heritage

Posted on May 4, 2023May 15, 2023 by admin

James Lesh explores the relationship between skyscrapers and heritage buildings. He considers best-practice models for constructing high-rise buildings within low-rise historic environments. This provides a model for how architects and planners can create sophisticated design responses to maintain heritage values amidst the inevitability of urban change. His case study examines Sydney’s MLC Building, Perth’s Bond Tower and Melbourne’s Rialto Towers to provide a national perspective on the phenomenon of skyscraper development in Australia’s historic CBD areas.

Key Outputs

  • International Research Article
  • Lectures for Planning, Architecture and Heritage postgraduate students

Commendations and Awards:

  • History Fellow’s Essay Prize, University of Melbourne

Links:

  • Read the article: From Modern to Postmodern Skyscraper Urbanism and the Rise of Historic Preservation in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, 1969-1988.
  • Check out James’ heritage.city blog on the Rialto Towers rejuvenation

Related Projects

heritage.city blog

  • Book on People-Centred Heritage Conservation
  • Book Review: Giving Value to Architecture and Heritage
  • EVENT: James Lesh Public Lecture at the University of Sydney on Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia
  • Melbourne, Sydney, and the Population Prize
  • Jaynie Anderson, Max Vodola and Shane Carmody lead two volumes on a Baroque Archbishop who shaped Melbourne’s colonial life

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