C Langston

Biographic Data

ID35317
NAMEC Langston
GIVEN NAMESC
FAMILY NAMELangston
SIGNATURELANGSTON C
AFFILIATIONSBond University
ORCID0000-0001-6386-2079
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS27
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX4

  • Challenging Uncomfortableness

    Open AccessWaled Shehata, C Langston et al.ARTICLEHeritage & Society2023

    This article discusses the adaptive reuse of buildings associated with uncomfortable memories that have been turned into places for the general public to enjoy. It can be argued that the transformation of Australian heritage gaols into museums makes economic, cultural, and social sense, given the increasing rate of interest in dark tourism and the willingness of contemporary Australians and international tourists to understand the continent’s car…

  • From Hard Bed to Luxury Home

    Waled Shehata, M Sarvimäki et al.ARTICLETime and Mind2021

    Given all the uncomfortableness, fears, shame, and troubles associated with memories of Australian carceral history, it is surprising that Australians are interested in reusing sites of decommissioned prisons at all. The uncomfortable past juxtaposes basic ideas of preservation, not to mention the further transformation of old gaols to places for comfortable residences and shops. Her Majesty’s Prison Pentridge is used here as a case study, where …

  • The adaptive reuse potential of underused heritage gaols in Australia

    Open AccessWaled Shehata, C Langston et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage…2021

    Purpose Many heritage-listed gaols in Australia have become obsolete in terms of their original function and were decommissioned decades ago. As a default management practice, decommissioned gaols are usually transformed into museums which are mostly empty and underused without considering other viable alternatives. This research challenges this mainstream thinking and demonstrates that among the entire stock of heritage-listed gaols in Australia…

  • From hard bed to luxury home

    Open AccessWaled Shehata, Muath Abu Arqoub et al.ARTICLEJournal of Housing and the Built…2020Cited by: 2References: 5

  • Adaptive reuse of traditional Chinese shophouses in government-led urban renewal projects in Hong Kong

    Open AccessEsther H K Yung, C Langston et al.ARTICLECities2014Cited by: 11References: 22

  • Designing for better building adaptability

    Sheila Conejos, C Langston et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2014Cited by: 4References: 9

  • The application of ARP modelling to adaptive reuse projects in Hong Kong

    Open AccessC Langston, Esther Hiu-Kwan Yung et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2013Cited by: 5References: 13

  • AdaptSTAR model

    Open AccessSheila Conejos, C Langston et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2013Cited by: 5References: 8

  • Strategic assessment of building adaptive reuse opportunities in Hong Kong

    Open AccessC Langston, Francis K W Wong et al.ARTICLEBuilding and Environment2008