Presents twenty projects of conservation of built historic places. These case studies were selected as good examples of constructive conservation. Gives an overview of the work done to save these historic places (some were formerly at risk) and their current or future use. They are: Lake Shore development in Bristol; Princesshay in Exeter; West Front Bury, St Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk; Park Hill in Sheffield; Molineux Hotel in Wolverhampton; the Midland Hotel in Morecambe; Royal Clarence Yard in Gosport; Snape Malting in Aldeburgh; Cooper's Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne; Roundhouse in Derby; the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon; the Gorton Monastery in Manchester; Blencowe Hall in Penrith; Crystal Palace in London; Graylingwell Hospital in Chichester, Clore Learning Centre in Hampton Court in London; Regent Palace Hotel in London; Bayshill House in Cheltenham; The Bluecoat in Liverpool, and King's Cross Central in London.