In recent years, conservation architecture has moved from the margins to the mainstream. As the need to reuse and adapt existing buildings becomes ever more urgent in the face of the climate emergency, practices with deep expertise in historic fabric are increasingly at the centre of architectural debate. Few firms are as closely associated with the evolution of conservation practice in the UK as Donald Insall Associates.

Founded in 1958 by Sir Donald Insall, the practice helped shape modern approaches to heritage management at a time when historic buildings were often seen as impediments to progress rather than assets to be reused. Today, as the profession grapples with balancing heritage, sustainability and contemporary use, the questions that have long been core to Insall’s work have never felt more relevant.

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