{"id":42266,"date":"2025-02-28T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42266"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:42:18","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-canada-on-its-time-to-abolish-the-right-to-demolish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42266","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Canada on \u2018It\u2019s Time to Abolish the Right to Demolish\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bulldozer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bulldozer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40585\" style=\"width:132px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bulldozer.png 747w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bulldozer-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bulldozer-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heritage advocate Catherine Nasmith on how it\u2019s time to make building demolition the exception, not the rule, reports <em>Canadian Architect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Catherine Nasmith writes for <em>Canadian Architect<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With climate change and housing shortages being two of the top issues in Canada and around the world, how does it make any sense to continue to have the virtually unfettered right to demolish buildings in Canada?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 The right to demolish is rooted in outmoded planned obsolescence practices that originated in the post-war building boom\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With every new build, our debt to the environment mounts\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking is changing. The Declaration of Chaillot, passed March 2024 in France at the United Nations Environment Program\u2019s Building and Climate Global Forum, represents a major shift in approach. Endorsed by over 70 countries, including Canada\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 As your grandmother said, \u2018waste not, want not.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianarchitect.com\/op-ed-its-time-to-abolish-the-right-to-demolish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration Heritage advocate Catherine Nasmith on how it\u2019s time to make building demolition the exception, not the rule, reports Canadian Architect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,17,18,30,51,9,29,16,45],"class_list":["post-42266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-climate-change","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-global","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-planning","tag-urban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42267,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42266\/revisions\/42267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}