职场对谈|文化遗产保护行业:私营企业

讲座信息 （2026/03/26 ）

CareerTalk - Building a Career in Heritage Conservation 

by Mr Daniel Elsea, Partner, Allies and Morrison

Date:March 26, 2026 (Thursday)

Time: 15:00 - 17:00

Venue: KB606, 6/F, Knowles Building, HKU

Speaker: Mr Daniel Elsea, Partner of Allies and Morrison

Format: Hybrid (in-person + Zoom)

Zoom details:

Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/95236768788?pwd=KEY05IUPhVZNeh0aYhdcgfRDIYWyCY.1

Meeting ID: 952 3676 8788

Password: 899809

Abstract

This talk goes through two complementary strands of the practice’s work. Cultural retrofit describes long‑standing engagement with heritage, arts and cultural institutions, ranging from theatres and multidisciplinary arts centres to urban neighbourhoods that host major arts events and long‑term stewardship plans for UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Urban retrofit offers comparative reflections from London to Gulf and Asian cities, where rapid redevelopment and expanding skylines reveal the scale and ambition of urban transformation yet often produce homogenous outcomes. The talk examines how context‑responsive design and conservation strategies can counter generic development while sustaining cultural identity in growing cities.

Allies and Morrison is a practice of architects and urbanists based in London and designing worldwide. They strive to design beautiful buildings that have long life and can adapt over the generations. They also shape enduring places whether new pieces of city or settlements at any scale. All our projects are concerned with the crafting of every detail and an appreciation for the uniqueness of each context.

Bio

Based in London, Daniel is a Partner at Allies and Morrison and has worked in Asia, America and the UK. He is currently a Mayor’s Design Advocate for the Mayor of London, has been co-chair of the Council of the Van Alen Institute in New York, and the co-author of Complex City: London’s Changing Character, published by RIBA in partnership with Historic England. He helps shape many of Allies and Morrison’s design competitions and is involved in two of the practice’s significant London projects - the Barbican Renewal and the Future of Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus and Haymarket. Since their inception, he has also been involved in the urban narrative development of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Legacy Masterplans and Msheireb Downtown Doha.

His writing on cities and visual culture has been published in Architects’ Journal, Architectural Record, Architecture Australia, Art Review, Building Design, The Far Eastern Economic

Review, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, The South China Morning Post, Topos, The Wall Street Journal and The World of Interiors.

An urbanist by background, Daniel studied politics, history of architecture and sustainable urban development with degrees from Williams College and the University of Oxford. He spent some of his most formative years living in Hong Kong.

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