老建筑翻新使用在多年前已是建筑商业上的一个趋势。这不仅帮助保护了历史建筑,也让公众及消费者有机会近距离接触这些文物,体验旧式传统建筑空间甚至是生活方式。而这样给旧宅赋予新生命重新包装推到焦点前的动作,英国人却是早已驾轻就熟。按时间轴翻看百年来伦敦市中心的照片,会发现建筑天际线从未有过戏剧性的改动,处处遗留着历史事件、人物的痕迹。于是当我们拜访这样的 The renovation of old buildings was a commercial trend in architecture many years ago. This not only helps to protect historic buildings but also gives the public and consumers a chance to get in touch with these artifacts at close range and to experience old-style traditional architectural spaces and even lifestyles. And this gives the old house a new life to repackage pushed to focus before the action, the British are already adept. Looking at a century-old picture of central London over time, you will find that the skyline has never changed dramatically, leaving traces of historical events and characters. So when we visit like this