In the current planning, social and cultural climate, heritage needs to evolve. Let's look to history for guidance.

An extract from James Lesh's book 'Values in Cities' on the founding of the Australian National Trusts.

While it might make an irresistible newspaper headline, a single sentence cannot get a house heritage protected.

Heritage Workshop's submission to the new Plan For Victoria.

James Lesh writes about policy opportunities for strengthening Canberra's role in urban heritage matters.

James Lesh's 'Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia' a new book, has been released.

I am making a written submission on the relationship between cultural heritage and the national urban policy. Positively, the national...

An extract from James Lesh's book 'Values in Cities' on values-based conservation, both where it's come from, and where it's heading.

James Lesh reviews Cities in a Sunburnt Country for the Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine.

The City of Maribyrnong has abandoned its local heritage protections for interwar and postwar housing in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Why?

Heritage conservation has been blamed for making the housing crisis worse by standing in the way of new, higher-density housing. But protecting heritage and increasing housing should be complementary objectives.

Destruction, Development and Heritage at one site in Melbourne.

James Lesh reviews 'Valuing Architecture: Heritage and the Economics of Culture'.

Does city size matter? What does Melbourne 'overtaking' Sydney as Australia's largest city tell us about urban rivalry?

The heritage of Queen Victoria Market is a historical question.

James Lesh reviews 'The Invention of Melbourne' and 'The Architecture of Devotion: James Goold'

My words on heritage appear in Architect Victoria magazine, Edition 3, 2022. I collaborated with Loren Adams, Felicity Watson, Kerstin...

Adopting new perspectives won’t only preserve our historic buildings and places by enabling us to shape them for today’s needs. It will also mean urban heritage can contribute to cities becoming more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.

How was Australia's heritage mafia established? To answer, let's unpack urban heritage in 1990s Australia.

The name “Moreland”, used to designate the municipality, road, and train station, has associational and financial links to slavery.

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra raises significant questions about the management of Indigenous heritage values in Australia.

In mid-2021, the owners of the historic Nicholas Building in the heart of Melbourne put the landmark on the market.

James Lesh shares his academic article on Federation Square's inception.

The City of Moreland in Melbourne’s inner north is named after the late 18th-century Jamaican slave plantation of the McCrae family. Including the suburbs of Brunswick, Coburg and Pascoe Vale, the municipality’s name valorises slavery and colonialism. Moreland’s councillors are considering a new name for the local government area after being made aware of the links.