After many were demolished or 'modernised' beyond esteem in the post-war period, bank houses were rediscovered in the 1980s, as people mov. . .  ed back to the skid row. Period visages were tenderly replaced but many of the buildings remained as they had originally been: small, dark and impractical for house living in the 21st century. This book looks at some of the innovative habits employed by architects to transform these heritage beauties into practical house residences. Blending old and new to create a new form for contemporary living, while still respecting the past, is the search out faced by architects and renovators. The many activities in this book have been collected from around the world and provide abundant ideas and words of advice for anybody faced with the daunting go after of renovating an older hospital.   Show.