049 Wherein Is The Authenticity? - JOHN BOLD talks about Learning From The Past To Sustain Our Future

2022-02-16

JOHN BOLD is an architectural historian who specialises in English architecture and European heritage management. He was Head of Architecture for the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, as well as Reader in Architecture at the University of Westminster, and continues to be a consultant on heritage management to the Council of Europe. John is Honorary Editor of the Ancient Monuments Society, which has recently changed its name to Historic Buildings and Places. It is a society whose mission it is to defend historic buildings of all ages and all types - with a 21st century...

JOHN BOLD is an architectural historian who specialises in English architecture and European heritage management. He was Head of Architecture for the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, as well as Reader in Architecture at the University of Westminster, and continues to be a consultant on heritage management to the Council of Europe.

John is Honorary Editor of the Ancient Monuments Society, which has recently changed its name to Historic Buildings and Places. It is a society whose mission it is to defend historic buildings of all ages and all types - with a 21st century mission: learning from our past to sustain our future.

John has collaborated and/or edited the following publications:

English Architecture Public and Private edited by John Bold (1993)
Authentic Reconstruction: Authenticity, Architecture and the Built Heritage edited by John Bold, Peter Larkham, Rob Pickard (2017)
Discovering London’s Buildings with Twelve Walks (2009)
Greenwich An Architectural History of the Royal Hospital for Seamen and the Queen's House (2000)
An integrated approach to cultural heritage - The Council of Europe’s Technical Co-operation and Consultancy Programme (2018) -
Guidance on Inventory and Documentation of the Cultural Heritage (2001) -

John was brought up in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire and after initially studying at Liverpool University; he transferred his academic interests to Reading University after which he moved to London where his career as an architectural historian flourished. Today our walk and talk takes us around the fascinating historic heart of Greenwich.

If you would like to contact John Bold, please send your initial enquiries to emma@travellingthrough.co.uk and put John Bold in the subject heading.

To find out more about Architectural Monuments Society / Historic Buildings and Places: https://hbap.org.uk/

To find out more about the Council of Europe: https://www.coe.int/en/web/culture-and-heritage

To find out more about Dannatt Johnson Architects: https://djarchitects.co.uk/

To find out about your podcast host Emma you can go to https://www.travellingthrough.co.uk/

A big thanks to Mariska Martina at https://www.mariskamartina.com/ for creating our wonderful podcast jingle!

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