Welcome to Architecture The built environment is part of our
lives, shelters our activities and the historic, built
environment supports our sense of identity. As defined by the
Heritage Act, 1995 [PDF 96KB], 'architectural heritage' includes
all structures, buildings, traditional and designed, and groups
of buildings including street-scapes and urban vistas, which are
of historical, archaeological, artistic, engineering,
scientific, social or technical interest. In partnership with
the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Heritage
Council administers a grants scheme to REPS 4 participants for
the conservation and repair of Traditional Farm Buildings. The
conservation of the built heritage has a contribution to make to
the achievement of environmental balance in human affairs, or
‘sustainable development’.