CLARENDON STREET - Derry City Council

5 Blending the New with the Old5.1 Quality of conservation and design• Conservation is about conserving or ‘saving’ authentic traditional historicarchitecture.• Conservation is not about copying original authentic historic architecture manydecades or centuries after it has been built.New buildings, extensions or alterations in the Conservation Area5.1.1. When building afresh within a historic environment, the new work is most successfuland has greatest integrity when it is high quality, respectful of the surrounding historiccontext and reflects the architectural expression of its own time i.e. it is contemporary.There is no single version of contemporary architectural expression.5.1.2 Passing stylistic trends and fashion come and go. High quality design endures.Rather than dictating a particular style, the Guide aims to promote a high quality environmentthat incorporates innovative contemporary design alongside authentic historic structures.This should respect, reinforce and add to the Conservation Area’s best historical signaturepatterns, architectural traditions and their exemplary conservation. The Guide encouragesindividual expression in new design in conjunction with excellent conservation of historicbuildings so that new buildings can evolve creatively.Traditional contemporary approach5.1.3 This approach may fit into the contemporary category but draws heavily ontradition for the design solution. Traditional shapes, massing, materials and siting stilloffer considerable scope for contemporary expression within the traditional form ormaterials specified. The contemporary expression may come in the shape, proportion and27. Clarendon Street/Northland Road45