Client:

Landor Conferences

Assignment:

To put together the programme for a prestigious annual built heritage conference 

Timescale:

The first event was in 2002, and it is still going strong!

Project Description:

The Means' Giles Semper first put together his ‘Old Buildings' conference in 2001. It drew heavily on advice from Fred Taggart, Chief Executive of the Prince's Regeneration Trust (then Regeneration through Heritage). Five more conferences were to follow, all in prestigious venues, several addressed by government ministers.  The conferences were distinctive for going beyond the concerns of the heritage ‘lobby' and including enlightened private sector developers and their designers.

By 2008 Giles and Fred decided that ‘the case was made' for the creative re-use of old buildings. At its sixth showing the conference was given a new slant, concerning itself with issues of sustainability. Given that most of the attention goes to sustainability in new build, rather than re-use, this was a fairly radical proposal. However the 22^nd May event was a resounding success.