Managing Contemporary and Historic Design and Development
This two-part walking tour and seminar visited developments built over the last 10 years in their historic urban context, and looked at ways of balancing historic and contemporary design through planning and design review processes.
Programme
Walking tour information
Walking tour highlights
The View from the Street – Louise Thomas, HTVF
Oxford: A Long Tradition of Patronage – Prof. Steven Parissien, Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park
Conservation Principles and Tools – Michael Crofton-Briggs, formerly Oxford City Council
Managing design in historic areas: lessons from elsewhere – Christina Duckett, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Contemporary Design in Historic Cities and the Role of Design Reviews – Alan Berman, Oxford Design Review Panel
Balancing the Pressure for Growth – the best of the old and the best of the new – Debbie Dance, Oxford Preservation Trust