The A-listed St Peter's Seminary in Cardross, Argyll, named as one of the world's most endangered sites by the World Monument Fund, has secured £565,000 to further develop its plans, with a future bid of £3 million expected to be granted in 2015.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) award is the biggest move yet in securing its future, which has lain derelict for almost 30 years despite its status as a masterpiece of modernism.
Such figures have left coastal cities around the world facing the same dilemma: how to balance the quick bucks brought by the rising tide of cruise passengers with the potential negative impact on local quality of life, heritage, the environment and the risk of alienating other tourists.
"It's really a big issue," says Erica Avrami, research and education director of the World Monuments Fund.
Hundreds of humble huts and small houses perch on a hillside in the middle-class neighbourhood of Pok Fu Lam. Between them, narrow alleys lead to small shops, green fields and historic structures that were once part of Hong Kong's largest dairy farm.
For decades, Pok Fu Lam village has crouched in the shadow of the residential high-rises of Chi Fu Fa Yuen. The village has been categorised as a squatter area, and is constantly under threat of development. This makes the 2,800 residents of the 150-year-old village - one of the last on Hong Kong Island - uneasy.
All over London, housing developments that are unaffordable for the majority of Londoners continue to rise up, and equally unaffordable new projects continue to be approved. Councils are either cash-strapped and desperate, or they are seduced by developers’ promises that their developments will be of benefit to the community at large, even though the entry level for luxury developments is a household income of £72,000, way above the £53,000 that even a couple on the average UK income (£26,500) can afford.
Venice has always been famous for its architecture, waterways and ice creams - and also more recently it has become known for its sky high prices and ever more crowded palaces, streets and canals. But the world's travellers continue to fall in love with Venice - even if the locals are falling out of love with them. Christa Larwood reports on how the city is struggling to cope with a boom in visitor numbers - many brought in on giant cruise ships.
De nuestra mayor consideración: Tenemos el agrado de dirigirnos a Usted en relación al Expediente de Referencia, por el cual se solicita se inicien las gestiones para expropiar las parcelas sobre las que asienta gran parte del Parque del Bien Patrimonial popularmente conocido como “Casa del Puente”: Parcs. 11a, 11b y 11c, Cir. VI, Secc. C, Chacra 266.
Community groups have expressed concern about the future of Deptford’s Convoys Wharf after Boris Johnson’s decision to call in the planning application for the£1.9bn redevelopment of the site. The London Mayor took an unprecedented step last week when he took over consideration of Hutchinson Whampoa’s planning application after discussions between the developer and Lewisham Council reached a standstill.
