The universal need to interpret the world and its intrinsic processes may be found in different civilisation, beginning from their mythology, through the religious dogma, to scientific systems. The last decades of the 20^th century belong to major changes. The consumerist society becomes receptive to the needs of the majority, being at the limits of existence along the millennia. At the beginning of the third millennium we need to reconsider the concept of cultural heritage. The consumerist society is not acquainted with the durable quality, which represents the essence of cultural heritage. Therefore, the volume of the 9^th edition of the Conference Series on Theoretical and Practical Issues on Built Heritage Conservation – TUSNAD, has as topic the Built Heritage and Society.