Wright & Wright publish Sustainable Futures white paper
Bringing together compelling perspectives from leading voices across architecture, heritage, and policy, Sustainable Futures is a new white paper by Wright & Wright Architects reflecting on the wide-ranging strategies required to futureproof our built environment.
Evolving out of a colloquium held at Lambeth Palace Library in November 2024, the publication features ten original essays from a diverse group of contributors including Eilish McGuinness (Chief Executive, National Lottery Heritage Fund), Professor Kathy Willis CBE (Principal, St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Pip Willcox (Head of Lambeth Palace Library), Clare Wright (Founding Partner, Wright & Wright), Catherine Slessor (Architecture Critic), and Mel Allwood (Sustainability Director, Arup).
From the complexities of retrofitting historic estates, to the role of biodiversity in public health, Sustainable Futures explores how heritage thinking can inform responses to the urgent challenges of sustainable development. Topics span national funding frameworks, biophilia, and the Church of England’s transition towards net zero. Throughout, the white paper foregrounds long-term thinking and adaptability as essential to addressing the climate crisis.
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