Fabric
Buildings still standing, and buildings put to new use.
4 entries in this section.
Every entry names a thing and the place that holds it. Where the record is thin or contested, the entry says so.
All of Fabric
The adapted buildingWhen a mill becomes a gallery or a power station becomes a concert hall, every decision concentrates at the join between old fabric and new use.Read
Legible as newThe rule that repairs should look like repairsRead
The roof firstA building without a roof is not a building in trouble. It is a building that has already lost.Read
Services in old wallsWhy cutting channels in old walls for wiring and heating does harm, and how surface routing and lime-friendly underfloor heating protect historic fabric.Read
The vault is often the oldest surviving room in a building: it was built to carry weight, so nobody ever needed to alter it.
Photo: Medieval Cellar beneath 38-39, Bayley Lane. Coventry. Vaulted ceiling looking South. · Wikimedia Commons