Prince Charles Says NO to Caltongate
A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the New Buildings in Old Places Conference, St James's Palace, London
31st January 2008 FullSpeech
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Corporate and residential towers are being proposed across London, and overshadowing World Heritage sites from Edinburgh to Bath – this audience will not need reminding of the fact that the World Heritage status of sites such as Edinburgh’s old city, the Tower of London and Westminster have all been challenged by U.N.E.S.C.O. due to new construction in recent years. And so they should be, as there is no point at all in having a World Heritage site unless it retains its unique integrity. There are, after all, other areas where such tall buildings could be accommodated within their own context.
30th May 2006 A Speech Prince Charles made at The World Heritage Cities Conference EdinburghSpeech from speech - To achieve the delivery of these principles, an essential factor is, if at all possible, to allow those who will live in the community an opportunity to participate in the planning process for, as Patrick Geddes said, "town planning. . .must be folk-planning.". With strong leadership, "many hands" can enrich rather than muddle the design. In order to engage the many parties needed to plan and build a place, the Foundation has pioneered a technique called Enquiry by Design, and this has been successfully employed in the setting out of a shared vision for both new communities and for managing and regenerating existing towns and neighbourhoods.