Fire and Flood in the Built Environment: a COTAC Report
COTAC is the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation. On 20 November 2014 the COTAC’s Annual Conference entitled “Fire and Flood in the Built Environment: Keeping the Threat at Bay” has been held in London. A reports concerning the presentation on fire and floods threat has been presented. COTAC’s web page: http://www.cotac.org.uk.
The document reports a list of fire loss of Cultural Heritage in the period 1984-2015.
- 1984 South Transept York Minster, England
- 1984 16th C Broomfield House, England
- 1984 Wakefield Covered Bridge, Québec
- 1986 Hampton Court Palace, England
- 1989 Uppark House, England
- 1992 Proveantgarden, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1992 Odd Fellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1992 Christianborg Palace Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1992 Windsor Castle, England
- 1992 Redoutensal, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
- 1993 Pont de la Chapelle, Lucerne, Switzerland
- 1992-93 40 Norwegian Stave Kirks (due to arson)
- 1996 La Fenice, Venice
- 1999 University of Lyon Library
- 2001 Morgan Academy, Dundee
- 2001 Soda Rada Church, Sweden
- 2002 Trondheim + Cowgate Edinburgh City blocks
- 2003 Baroque Luneville Chateau, north-east France
- 2003 Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, Australia
- 2003 17th C Glienicke Jagschloss Hunting Lodge, Berlin
- 2003 Pratapur Temple, Swyambhunath Buddhist shrine, Kathmandu
- 2004 Wardington Manor, England
- 2004 Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Germany
- 2004 Central Manezh Exhibition, Red Square, Moscow
- 2004 Chilandari Serbian Monastery, Mt Athos
- 2005 1,300 year-old Naksan-sa Buddhist Temple, Yangyang, South Korea
- 2005 1916 Schloss Hotel Kruen, Bavaria
- 2005 Peterhof Summer Palace, St Petersburg
- 2006 Bishops Palace, Tenerife
- 2006 Trinity cathedral, St Petersburg
- 2006 Hapsburg Reinertonishof farm, Schonwald, Germany
- 2006 13th C Provoo Cathedral, Finland
- 2006 4 buildings in Flims Old town, Graubunden, Switzerland
- 2007 Penhallow Hotel, Newquay, England
- 2007 19th C Eastern Market, Capital Hill, Washington DC
- 2007 1867 Hudson State Hospital, New York
- 2008 Military Armoury, Quebec
- 2008 Salma College, St Thomas, Ontario
- 2008 Texas Governor’s Mansion, USA
- 2008 Grange Hotel, East Parade, Rhyl
- 2008 Late mediaeval Garrick’s Villa, Hampton, London
- 2009 19th C Bath Street Mill, Derby
- 2009 1840 St John’s Church, Edinburgh
- 2010 Stationer’s Hall, London
- 2010 100 year old Stephen Court, Kolkata
- 2010 17th C 5 Higher street, Dartmouth
- 2011 London + Croydon Centre (due to riots)
- 2011 Blair Castle, Perthshire
- 2011 Hazelbank Terrace, Edinburgh
- 2011 Monastery Complex, Goldendale, USA
- 2012 El Passo City Block, USA
- 2012 Chilford Hall 18th C barn, Cambridgeshire
- 2013 15th C City Hall La Rochelle, France
- 2013 17th C Hotel Lambert, Paris (former home of Voltaire
- 2013 Southwark Museum and library
- 2013 16th C Lithang Monastery, Tibet
- 2013 Art Deco Dobbins Store, Oldham street, Manchester
- 2014 Aldiss Store, Fakenham
- 2014 Sleaford Maltings (Largest ‘at risk’ building in England)
- 2014 16th C Coldham Hall, Suffolk
- 2014 Historic 1511 E Superior St, Duluth, USA
- 2014 Northfield Manor House, Birmingham
- 2014 Glasgow School of Art
- 2014 Serta Larung Monastery, Tibet
- 2015 14th C Samagaon Monastery, Nepal
- 2015 Albert Square, Manchester
- 2015 Old Royal Station, Ballater, Scotland
- 2015 Battersea Arts Centre, London
- 2015 16th C Novodevichy Monastery, Kremlin, Moscow
- 2015 Clandon Park, Surrey
- 2015 1876 Capel Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
- 2015 19th C All Saints Church, Fleet, Hampshire
- 2015 1889 Basilica of Saint Donatien, Nantes, France
The report can be downloaded here:
https://cotac.global/resources/BIM4C+Disaster-Flood-Pt2.pdfBIM4C+Disaster-Fire-Pt1
