Preston Tower
Lang, Ruth (2026) Preston Tower. Architectural Review. pp. 48-54. ISSN 0003-861X
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Through the preservation and reinterpretation of a scheduled historic monument, Huq has deftly demonstrated a new paradigm for what is undoubtedly an architectural practice for the future. She has enabled invisible bonds to be established between disparate stakeholders throught the process, creating a community of people who do not only care for the monument’s survival, but are active participants in its rehabilitation which is facilitated but not controlled by the architect. ‘Being flexible does not mean compromising,’ she argues. As such a specialist conservation project the specification document was speculative, in need of a process of trial and research which would not be possible in advance. The resulting tender was based on contingency, creative collaboration, negotiation and navigation of constraints by the architect, calling upon her expertise to know what to push back on and what to let go, whilst still providing surety for the client. It demanded that Huq embraced the creative challenge for identifying and exploiting wiggle room in the process.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Sustainable Development Goals: | |
| Keywords: | gender equality, heritage, restoration |
| Divisions: | Sustainable Built Environment & Property Research Centre > London School of Architecture |
| Depositing User: | Dr Ruth Lang |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2026 15:21 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2026 15:25 |
| URI: | https://ube.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/269 |
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