Tag: preservation

Great buildings lost to demolition, development and disaster

17th April 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Progress in our society, culture, economy, technology and specifically in this case, our built environment – architecture, is an unstoppable force in modern civilisation. However, that does not stop us bemoaning or even being sentimental for buildings that no longer exist through decisions to demolish them to make way for new developments. Especially so in […]

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World Environment Day June 5, 2021

4th June 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

World Environment Day is a United Nations sponsored annual day of action and awareness of our shared environment and the importance of conservation, environmental protection, and other efforts to sustain our planet for future generations. Celebrated annually on June 5, World Environment Day’s 2021 focus is Ecosystem Restoration and the theme “Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.”.  The host country […]

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