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An exploration of how we value—or undervalue—our inherited built environment as it faces new and old challenges. Stones in Water explores how we understand and value our inherited built environment That inheritance, created over centuries by our forebears, is central to cultural identity. Because of that importance, it is variously protected, exploited, and even weaponized, used sometimes to celebrate human achievement, at others to undermine it.   Stones in Water reflects on persistent themes in the work of protecting that heritage, ranging from the implications of tourism for the cultural heritage of buildings and landscapes to supporting recovery from the impacts of catastrophic events that affect historic places. Examining how current and emerging challenges are changing perceptions of our shared endowment, Loughlin Kealy shows how new understandings can contribute positively to constructing a sustainable future.  

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‘This curated collection, written over a period of years, reflects on persistent themes in heritage protection. These range from the implications of tourism for the cultural heritage of buildings and landscapes, to supporting recovery from the impacts of catastrophic events affecting historic places.’ - RTÉ Culture (06/07/2023)

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First studied philosophy, then architecture at UCD and later architecture at University of California Berkeley. Following a time in architectural practice in London and Dublin, he began teaching in design studio and the history and theory of architecture at the School of Architecture UCD. He then engaged with urban communities on environmental issues, co-founding the Urban Workshop in Dublin in the 1970s. He was appointed Director of Conservation Studies and later Professor of Architecture at UCD. He has been instrumental in developing successive Government policies on architecture and architectural heritage protection. Now Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, he advises national and international bodies, helping to shape public policy on architecture and the protection of the built cultural inheritance.

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