Interesting, and I hope you get some British comments from those more familiar with the situation. In a way, the country’s war experience and perhaps higher density has led to more progressive ideas on preservation as you describe them, compared to the US….but just a quick thought, it sounds a lot like you hope for a windfall….similar to how LA’s here want the profession to be more visible in transportation and other initiatives, perhaps even being “required” on projects. That involves lobbying in the initial legislation and usually gets shot down by other competing professions and never seemed a terribly productive effort or one likely to help small firms anyway, at least to me. In a nutshell, whether it’s government-funded work or private (in a healthier economy), humans being the creatures they are….there is that need for someone to get behind the scenes and cultivate soft-influence connections before it’s already too late.
I have been worried for awhile that whenever a “pro business” pushback to the recession finally takes shape – whenever it comes – that it might just let loose an era of even lower development standards in a mad rush forward, than was prevalent during the the former boom.
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