For architects

Heritage Design Risk for Architects

Heritage changes the decisions - not the project lifecycle.

This practical course follows a project from first brief to handover, showing what needs to be added when historic buildings, conservation areas or other heritage considerations are involved.

England · about 56 minutes · 7 project stages · a working Heritage Record you build as you go

How the course works

You follow one case - alterations to The Old Vicarage, a Grade II listed house - from the client’s first email to handover. Every page follows the same five steps:

1. 1

   Read the project moment

   Where the Old Vicarage project has got to.

2. 2

   Read your task and check the Project Material

   The documents beside the question - the client’s email, the list entry, site notes and other evidence.

3. 3

   Answer the question

   Choose the answer you think is strongest. Any answer is fine - each one gets its own feedback explaining the reasoning, followed by why it matters.

4. 4

   Read the further analysis

   A worked example and, where useful, how the approach would change for a different heritage trigger such as a conservation area or local listing.

5. 5

   Add to your Heritage Record

   A working record of what is known, what needs establishing and which decisions must not harden too early. Each page adds its worked position, whichever answer you chose, and it builds up chapter by chapter - it is what you take away from the course.

Completed chapters are remembered in this browser, so you can stop between chapters. This course is designed for desktop and laptop screens. On a tablet, use landscape orientation. It works on all devices, but it is not designed for use on a phone.

The seven chapters

A familiar project route - from first instruction to handover - showing what heritage adds at each decision point. The structure reflects the stages most architects already use; the course does not teach a separate process.