Background
Insall was born in 1926 in Bristol, where he attended Bristol Grammar School.
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book
The Care Of Old Buildings Today: A Practical Guide
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006YSWA5A/?tag=2022091-20
Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice
(Celebrates the 50th anniversary of Donald Insall Assoc. I...)
Celebrates the 50th anniversary of Donald Insall Assoc. It is a detailed examination of Insall's painstaking approach to architectural conservation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1864701927/?tag=2022091-20
Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice by Donald Insall (2008-10-28)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K04TBOQ/?tag=2022091-20
(Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice) Author: Donald W. Insall published on (January, 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y2QPYIQ/?tag=2022091-20
Chester: a study in conservation: Report to the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the City and County of the City of Chester
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0117500453/?tag=2022091-20
Donald Insall
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He then studied at the Royal Academy and the School of Planning.
Career
He served in the Coldstream Guards during the Second World War and qualified in architecture at the Royal West of England Academy School of Architecture, now part of the University of Bristol. Insall worked with the London architects, Phillimore and Jenkins. During 1957 Insall published his report The Care of Old Buildings, marking the 80th anniversary of the founding by William Morris of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
During 1958 he founded architectural conservation practice Donald Insall Associates, and was joined shortly after by Peter Locke (1929–2013), both men having been Lethaby Scholars of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1950.
Insall was appointed the City of Chester"s consultation consultant in 1960, a post he held until 1978. Donald Insall Associates continues its specialist work in conservation, historic consultancy, adaptive re-use and new buildings in sensitive sites.
Insall ran the practice until his retirement in 1998.
Achievements
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In the 1995 New Year Insall was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to conservation. Subsequently, he was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen"s 2010 Birthday In recognition of his conservation work in Chester, Insall received the honorary freedom of the City of Chester in 1999. He has also received Europa Nostra"s Medal of Honour. He was awarded the honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws from the University of Bristol in 2004 and Doctor of Architecture from the University of Chester in 2012.
Works
book
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Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice
(Celebrates the 50th anniversary of Donald Insall Assoc. I...)
- The Care Of Old Buildings Today: A Practical Guide
-
Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice by Donald Insall (2008-10-28)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
- The Care of Old Buildings Today. a Practical Guide
- (Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice) Author: Donald W. Insall published on (January, 2009)
- Chester: a study in conservation: Report to the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the City and County of the City of Chester
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Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice
