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Battling Hideous Things: The National Trust of Australia in its first two decades
An extract from James Lesh's book 'Values in Cities' on the founding of the Australian National Trusts.
Oct 2, 20246 min read
The future of Australian urban heritage policy
James Lesh writes about policy opportunities for strengthening Canberra's role in urban heritage matters.
Jul 1, 20241 min read
Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia: Book Published
James Lesh's 'Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia' a new book, has been released.
Jun 20, 20243 min read
Draft National Urban Policy Public Feedback
I am making a written submission on the relationship between cultural heritage and the national urban policy. Positively, the national...
Jun 6, 20243 min read
City of Melbourne Heritage Strategy
Check out Heritage Workshop's latest project: our contribution to the City of Melbourne Heritage Strategy.
Mar 2, 20241 min read
Values-Based Heritage Conservation: Historical Origins and Future Directions
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.
Sep 14, 20235 min read
Lecture on Fed Square: Public Space, Community and Heritage in Melbourne
This recorded lecture provides a first-hand account of the events and issues raised by the abandoned Apple Store at Fed Square.
Sep 5, 20231 min read
Cities in a Sunburnt Country: Water and the Making of Urban Australia: Book Review
James Lesh reviews Cities in a Sunburnt Country for the Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine.
Jul 25, 20235 min read
Urban Change on Bourke Street, Melbourne: Eastern Market, Southern Cross Hotel, SX Towers
Destruction, Development and Heritage at one site in Melbourne.
Jul 1, 20231 min read
People-Centred Heritage Conservation: Paperback Published
James Lesh and Rebecca Madgin have co-edited the book collection People-Centred Methodologies for Heritage Conservation: Exploring Emotional Attachments to Historic Urban Places.
May 16, 20233 min read
Giving Value to Architecture and Heritage: Book Review
James Lesh reviews 'Valuing Architecture: Heritage and the Economics of Culture'.
May 5, 20235 min read
Queen Victoria Market and its enduring heritage
The heritage of Queen Victoria Market is a historical question.
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Jaynie Anderson, Max Vodola and Shane Carmody lead two volumes on a Baroque Archbishop who shaped Melbourne’s colonial life: Book Review
James Lesh reviews 'The Invention of Melbourne' and 'The Architecture of Devotion: James Goold'
Nov 17, 20225 min read
Moreland Report Receives Victorian Community History Award
James Lesh wins at the Victorian Community History Awards.
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Establishing Australia’s Heritage Mafia
How was Australia's heritage mafia established? To answer, let's unpack urban heritage in 1990s Australia.
Sep 15, 20225 min read
Release of the "Report on the Place Name: Moreland"
The name “Moreland”, used to designate the municipality, road, and train station, has associational and financial links to slavery.
Apr 14, 20223 min read
Managing Indigenous Heritage Values at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra raises significant questions about the management of Indigenous heritage values in Australia.
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Building Federation Square, 1994 – 2002
James Lesh shares his academic article on Federation Square's inception.
Dec 11, 20211 min read
An introduction to 'Heritage Cities'
What does heritage mean for cities? This introductory article provides some guidance. Have a listen to the associated podcast too.
Oct 1, 20201 min read
The meaning of 'place' in heritage practice
James Lesh explores the definition of 'place' in heritage practice, including through the Burra Charter.
Sep 1, 20201 min read
Why heritage protection is about how people use places, not just their architecture and history
Social value and people-centred heritage has evolved to become more central to conservation practice.
Jul 9, 20205 min read
A post-punk house in Richmond: in excess
Exploring a heritage-house in Richmond, which featured in the film Dogs in Space.
Mar 31, 20201 min read
High-Rise Heritage in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
This article examines three Australian skyscrapers: MLC Centre in Sydney (1977), Rialto Towers, Melbourne (1986), and Bond Tower (1988).
Dec 2, 20191 min read
The National Estate and Australian heritage policy
James Lesh examines Australian national heritage policy in this academic article.
Nov 30, 20191 min read
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