‘If you don’t know the past how can you understand the present, and how can you plan for the future?’ asked Sir Norman Foster on the Today programme on VE Day.

‘If you don’t know the past how can you understand the present, and how can you plan for the future?’ asked Sir Norman Foster on the Today programme on VE Day.
This was the title of a paper by Dan Cruikshank about the repair of historic buildings published in the 80’s. Today, our ability to adapt and survive is more about who we chose to work for and what motivates us to provide the services that we are instructed to deliver.