TY - SER KW - Authenticity KW - Digital heritage KW - Architectural heritage KW - Tangible and intangible heritage KW - Multimediale virtual reality AU - H. Rushton AU - M.A. Schnabel AB - This chapter investigates how new realities alter the experience of the tangible and intangible in Virtual Environments and how meaning can be constructed to compensate for this. In order to understand how these experiences can be digitally reconstructed to preserve their aura, this chapter examines the methodology and techniques of Digital Heritage. The Gordon Wilson Flats, a Modernist apartment building in Wellington, New Zealand, is presented as a case study to understand how the historical significance of a building can be translated into virtual realms. The research method utilised a range of digital technologies that documented, represented and disseminated an experience of the Gordon Wilson Flats to educate members of the public about the building and its history and look beyond the decaying facade only observed from behind barriers. The outcome of this project is exammined through the results of the exhibition Immersive Legacies: 320 The Terrace, which presented the virtual experiences of the Gordon Wilson Flats to the public. This discussion considers the role of multimedia and GLAMS in the construction of meaning and communication of authenticity for architectural heritage in virtual realities. DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-77028-0_13 LA - English N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Springer Ser. Cultural Comput. Pages: 269 Publication Title: Springer Ser. Cultural Comput. N2 - This chapter investigates how new realities alter the experience of the tangible and intangible in Virtual Environments and how meaning can be constructed to compensate for this. In order to understand how these experiences can be digitally reconstructed to preserve their aura, this chapter examines the methodology and techniques of Digital Heritage. The Gordon Wilson Flats, a Modernist apartment building in Wellington, New Zealand, is presented as a case study to understand how the historical significance of a building can be translated into virtual realms. The research method utilised a range of digital technologies that documented, represented and disseminated an experience of the Gordon Wilson Flats to educate members of the public about the building and its history and look beyond the decaying facade only observed from behind barriers. The outcome of this project is exammined through the results of the exhibition Immersive Legacies: 320 The Terrace, which presented the virtual experiences of the Gordon Wilson Flats to the public. This discussion considers the role of multimedia and GLAMS in the construction of meaning and communication of authenticity for architectural heritage in virtual realities. PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH PY - 2022 SN - 21959056 (ISSN) TI - Immersive Architectural Legacies: The Construction of Meaning in Virtual Realities UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127948442&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-77028-0_13&partnerID=40&md5=a3b684580719c0e371334136daa670f5 ER -