Nostalgia has historically been negatively characterised by desire to reconnect with an
idealised past lost to the 'destructive'forces of modernity, but studies across the social …

In recent years increasing numbers of new tall buildings have been proposed across the
world leading to growing concern amongst heritage bodies about their potential impact on …

Philosophers have always wrestled with aesthetics. Indeed, one of the three great questions
asked by classical philosophers was 'what do we find attractive?'(Eagleton, 1990: 366) …

In a time of recession, the challenge of building and planning for tall buildings has become
even more complex; the economics of development, legislative and planning frameworks …

Popular music archives, heritage and histories are emerging online from a diverse set of
practices, exhibiting a prodigious variety of reference points and modes of memory making …

This paper examines a key period in the history of Birmingham, a city that was extensively
though diffusely bombed during Second World War, but was redeveloped according to …

This chapter questions how a turn to popular music heritage can be an important strategy for
reinstating a sense of well-being for disenfranchised communities in post-industrial music …

Set within a wider British and international context of post-war reconstruction, The Everyday
Experiences of Reconstruction and Regeneration focuses on such debates and experiences …

In the summer of 2010, the Midland Arts Centre (mac) in south Birmingham reopened its
doors after a£ 15 million refurbishment. Its main gallery featured 'Plug In', an exhibition …

Consideration of the speed and scale of change of urban forms has a long history in urban
morphological thought. Buildings and forms that persist in the urban landscape through …