Heritage Unlocked White Paper by Wright & Wright Architects - Wright & Wright

Heritage Unlocked White Paper Front Cover

Heritage Unlocked brings together reflections from across academia, architecture, heritage and policy following Wright & Wright’s 2025 symposium at the Fitzwilliam Museum. The white paper reflects on how historic buildings and existing institutions can continue to evolve through adaptation and long term stewardship, while retaining the continuity and cultural value that define them.

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Foreword white paper

Heritage Unlocked Foreword

Charles Smith HU White paper

Policy in practice: advocating for reuse by Charles Smith

Flora HU White paper

Community maps as planning tools by Flora Samuels

Projects mentioned

St Johns College Oxford

Museum of the Home

Magdalen College Oxford

Lambeth Palace Library and Archive

Lambeth Palace Masterplan

Dvořák Birth House Museum

Contents

Editing and Critique

Catherine Slessor & Aishwarya Vipin

Graphic Design

Catherine Slessor & Aishwarya Vipin

Chapters

Foreword

Unlocking heritage(Clare Wright)

Reimagining the Fitzwilliam Museum (Karen Livingstone)

Policy in practice: advocating for reuse (Charles Smith)

Heritage stewardship through time (Alison Cox)

History as opportunity (Stephen Schwendel Smith)

Community maps as planning tools (Flora Samuel)

Translation, contextualisation and truth (Tom Chatfield)

Delivering projects in heritage contexts (Andy Levy)

A college campus of the future (Naila Yousuf )

Contributor biographies

Acknowledgements and Image credits

Fitzwilliam Museum Frontage with people walking past

The Fitzwilliam Museum Frontage