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Article: What's the point of the past? (old buildings)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 1997
- Author:
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Old buildings are touchstones of authenticity in a world increasingly bewildered and besmirched with meaningless signs derived from the past. But we have to work on old buildings themselves because they are subject to the attrition of custom and time. How should we work with them today?
Old buildings represent capital of two kinds. First, economic - in that we inherit a massive investment of resources and energy from our ancestors which we should destroy only with the greatest deliberation and analysis of potential gains and losses in material terms. The second type of capital is cultural: the buildings we grow up with are some of the most deeply moving parts of the ...
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