Institute of Historic Building Conservation: Student Awards 2023

 

Geometrical Elevation of Westminster Abbey (Middleton) and Tom Goodwin

IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023...

CONGRATULATIONS to Thomas Goodwin (MSc Historic Conservation at Oxford Brookes University) who has taken the top award with a prize of £500 for his dissertation ‘Using ye Founder Kindly: Restoring, razing, and rebuilding historic buildings in early modern England (1660-1740).’

Thomas said: ‘I am delighted to have been awarded the Gus Astley Student Award for 2023 and look forward to attending the IHBC Annual School in Reading later this year. I would like to extend my gratitude to the IHBC, the Gus Astley Memorial Fund, now part of IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund, and the guest judge John Fidler. I am also thankful for the support and knowledge of the staff on the MSc in Historic Conservation at Oxford Brookes and the University of Oxford. The insight and constant encouragement of my supervisor, David Lewis, was particularly valuable.’

‘My project examined the history of conservation from 1660 to 1740, connecting emerging conservationist sensibilities in British architectural culture to changes in the theory and practice of architecture. It is surprising just how many enduring values and approaches pioneered in this period there have been. In the course of my research, I encountered everything from statements about the desirability of consciously adopting a contextual approach to design in historic settings, to a concerted campaign to preserve the best architecture of the recent past, in this case, the works of Inigo Jones.’

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MSc Historic Conservation