Discretion in local heritage planning must be based on comprehensive, robust and evidence-based heritage advice. In parallel, homeowners benefit from engaging their own heritage advisors, because this enables a fuller case to be put to council – and VCAT – when discretion is exercised.

Across our projects, Heritage Workshop offers analytical and evidence-based perspectives towards a new consensus for housing and heritage.

Population projections call for over two million new homes across Victoria in the next 30 years. Denser housing models of all types,...

Reflecting on Carlton and Fitzroy's diverse heritage, from high-rise social housing to creative warehouse conversions, we can reimagine heritage practices.

Amid a housing and climate crisis and in light of evolving social values, how can heritage adapt to contemporary challenges while safeguarding what we love about Melbourne?

James Lesh on Repurposing Old Large Heritage Buildings and the exemplary LGBTQIA+ Oxford Street, Sydney Heritage Study.

As part of the Australian Heritage Festival 2025, Heritage Workshop + Andever are hosting a free walking tour event in Melbourne.

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

Check out Heritage Workshop's latest project: our contribution to the City of Melbourne Heritage Strategy.

This recorded lecture provides a first-hand account of the events and issues raised by the abandoned Apple Store at Fed Square.

Destruction, Development and Heritage at one site in Melbourne.

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

James Lesh joins a panel of esteemed heritage educators to discuss Jorge Otero-Pailos' essential text.

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.

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

James Lesh wins award with Citizens for Melbourne for Our City, Our Square campaign from Australian Institute of Architects.

A development proposal for the Jolimont railyards has the potential to be one of the biggest planning mistakes in Melbourne in a generation.

This article examines three Australian skyscrapers: MLC Centre in Sydney (1977), Rialto Towers, Melbourne (1986), and Bond Tower (1988).

Federation Square in Melbourne has been listed on the Victorian state heritage register just 17 years after its completion.

James Lesh's submission to the Fed Square Heritage Council hearing.

An exploration of how and why Fed Square could be heritage listed.

The Apple store is a bad deal for Victorians and an even worse deal for Fed Square.

Five days before Christmas, it's been announced that Federation Square has been given to Apple for its flagship Melbourne store.