New architecture in World Heritage Cities

The implementation of new architecture in World Heritage City Areas is a challenge. What is allowed and what needs to be negotiated? What is the range and limit of these negotiations? Isn’t it better to build new somewhere else, leaving protected areas as they are?In October 2025, on the occasion of the conference of the Organisation of the World Heritage Cities of the Central and Eastern European Region held in Kraków, Katarzyna Jagodzińska meets with representatives of Budapest, Vilnius and Riga about the various dimensions and relations between old and new architecture in highly protected areas of these cities.Many thanks to our guests for this episode:Ákos CapdeboSenior officer in charge of OWHCDepartment of City Planning, Mayor’s Office of Budapest CityDonata KabelkėHead of Cultural Heritage Preservation Division at Vilnius City MunicipalityAigars KušķisExpert in Management Planning Questions of Historic Centre of Riga UNESCO World Heritage SiteCity Development Department, Riga City Council