Jun 13, 20203 minHeritage Impact Assessments: junctions matterEnsuring that transition between significant fabric and an addition is vital to the success of a heritage project.
Jan 5, 20202 minWorking with heritage regulationsMunicipal regulations are not recent. As pointed out by the fantastic book about the state of American heritage, The Past and Future City...
Nov 2, 20191 minAnnouncing Touring the Past’s Blue Mountain’s ‘field office’—solution-based heritage servicesTouring the Past is delighted to announce the opening of its Blue Mountain’s ‘field office’. This exciting news means we are able to...
Jul 24, 20192 minWhy Heritage Pre-purchase Advice is necessaryGetting heritage pre-purchase advice is crucial if you plan to invest in a heritage property.
Feb 9, 20193 minMarketing heritage, neo-liberal styleThe heritage management system enacted by the NSW Heritage Act 1977 has matured alongside the ascendant economic creed of our era,...
Dec 21, 20184 minNotes from the field #3: Heritage Conservation AreasWhat are they? Heritage conservation areas (or HCAs) appear across NSW’s physical and planning landscapes. An important heritage tool,...
Nov 8, 20184 minHeritage consulting: thoughts on place & conservation How hard is it to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you – you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the...
Oct 1, 20185 minNotes from the field #2: 'Heritage Colours'In the second instalment of 'Notes from the field' Touring the Past is zeroing in on ‘heritage colours’. We have placed this term in...
Sep 12, 20183 minNotes from the field #1: SubdivisionOver the last few weeks Touring the Past has worked on a number of heritage projects involving subdivision. This is hardly surprising...
Aug 21, 20182 minLeveraging your past – using history in the hunt for the authentic Marketing is no longer about the stuff you make but about the stories you tell - Seth Godin, marketing expert Touring the Past...
Aug 9, 20183 minGranny Flats and Heritage: what you need to knowOver the past several years, urban consolidation agendas have made it far easier to gain approval to construct granny flats, studios, and...
Aug 8, 20184 minWhat's the skinny with heritage mitigation'mitigation is probably the principal aim of the impact assessment process, especially if conservation involves managing, rather than...
Aug 8, 20186 minHeritage Impact Statements – some observations'The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.' –...
Jul 18, 20184 minAn anarchist's guide to heritage interpretation Historic sites are not static antiquities - they are living institutions uniquely poised to address current issues while retaining their...
Jul 3, 20185 minInterpretation Strategies: getting to the nub of significance Heritage interpretation plays a far more important role in heritage initiatives than many people realise. Over the last few years, the...