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Housing and Queer Heritage: In the media
James Lesh on Repurposing Old Large Heritage Buildings and the exemplary LGBTQIA+ Oxford Street, Sydney Heritage Study.
Apr 102 min read
Re-Thinking Heritage and Housing: Register Now for the Walking Tour
As part of the Australian Heritage Festival 2025, Heritage Workshop + Andever are hosting a free walking tour event in Melbourne.
Apr 41 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
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
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
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
Giving Value to Architecture and Heritage: Book Review
James Lesh reviews 'Valuing Architecture: Heritage and the Economics of Culture'.
May 5, 20235 min read
Heritage Educator Panel
James Lesh joins a panel of esteemed heritage educators to discuss Jorge Otero-Pailos' essential text.
Feb 3, 20231 min read
What is worth keeping and who decides?
My words on heritage appear in Architect Victoria magazine, Edition 3, 2022. I collaborated with Loren Adams, Felicity Watson, Kerstin...
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Frozen in time, we’ve become blind to ways to build sustainability into our urban heritage
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.
Sep 29, 20224 min read
Building Federation Square, 1994 – 2002
James Lesh shares his academic article on Federation Square's inception.
Dec 11, 20211 min read
Award for Public Space and Cultural Heritage Advocacy At Fed Square
James Lesh wins award with Citizens for Melbourne for Our City, Our Square campaign from Australian Institute of Architects.
Jul 14, 20203 min read
Treasury Square: One of Melbourne's worst planning mistakes at risk of being repeated
A development proposal for the Jolimont railyards has the potential to be one of the biggest planning mistakes in Melbourne in a generation.
Jul 3, 20205 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
How can a place be heritage-listed after 17 years? What it means for Melbourne’s Fed Square
Federation Square in Melbourne has been listed on the Victorian state heritage register just 17 years after its completion.
Aug 28, 20195 min read
Federation Square heritage council submission
James Lesh's submission to the Fed Square Heritage Council hearing.
Dec 15, 201810 min read
Heritage value is in the eye of the beholder: why Fed Square deserves protection
An exploration of how and why Fed Square could be heritage listed.
Aug 11, 20185 min read
Apple store has no place in the people’s square
The Apple store is a bad deal for Victorians and an even worse deal for Fed Square.
Feb 19, 20183 min read
Fed Square: Apple is exploiting the power of its brand to claim an important part of our city
Five days before Christmas, it's been announced that Federation Square has been given to Apple for its flagship Melbourne store.
Dec 21, 20173 min read
Rialto Towers and the future of Melbourne, 1970s-80s
The 1980s Rialto Towers was a game-changer for skyscrapers, development and heritage in Melbourne.
Mar 11, 20161 min read
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