Legislation can stifle progress.  Unimaginative interpretation oflegislation can be detrimental to our built environment.

Conservation should not be at the expense of contemporarydesign: today's high quality buildings are tomorrow's heritage.

Risk-taking should not be legislated against, even in historicenvironments. Context is everything.

Different circumstances demand different levels of interpretation.

Examples from the UK and Europe.

Bobby Open Architect

1 Bookshop2 Mixed use development3 Artist’s studio / music rehearsal room4 Exhibition centre5 Refectory6 Museum

Merkx & Girod -Selexyz, Maastricht

Project Orange - Mixed Use Development, Sheffield

Haworth Tompkins -Dovecote Studio, Aldeburgh Music

Naumann Architektur -Summer House, Germany

Markus Scherer -Exhibition Centre, Northern Italy

Michael Hopkins -Refectory, Norwich

David Chipperfield -Neues Museum, Berlin