Abstract
AbstractThis paper comprises an examination of the relationship between architecture and civic design, conservation and environmental rehabilitation in the city. This is a complicated matter, concerned as much with the economic, social and cultural life of a place as it is with its built form, and one that is the subject of strong feelings. Consideration is given to a number of examples, drawing on the experience of several countries sharing a concern with urban conservation and renewal. It is argued that architectural quality and the contribution that is made to the townscape must be the principal concerns in urban development and conservation, and that in the urban scene the whole is invariably of greater importance than the sum of the parts. All buildings should be used to their best advantage in an evolutionary process in which there is a place for both new and old, provided that each is respected for what it has to offer in the long-term interests of the community. Part One of this paper appeared in ...
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