Historic preservation theory: an anthology—readings from the 18th to the 21st Century, edited by Jorge Otero-Pailos. Design books, 2022. 608pp. ISBN9780578547145

As the world confronts a confluence of existential crises at the start of the new millennium, an anthology of theories concerned with historic preservation makes an important and timely contribution in and beyond the field.With the early 21st century increasingly feeling like an age of reckoning, the hangover after centuries of profligacy, this collection of writings helps us to not only reassess our collective built pasts, but also to ponder historic preservation's vital role in built futures.Containing 96 texts spanning four centuries, this anthology is an outstanding teaching resource that will be an essential entry on the reading list of any course concerned with historic built environments, indeed any built environment.The editor, Professor Jorge Otero-Pailos of