Standards for Preservation and Rehabilitation

Standards for Preservation and Rehabilitation
Author: Stephen J. Kelley
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 445
Release: 1996
Genre: Historic buildings
ISBN: 0803120060

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Collects some 30 papers dealing with philosophical, methodological, and technical standards in building preservation. The first section of papers present a general view of preservation. The second section offers papers which discuss the different approaches to preservation practice. The third sectio

Preservation Education

Preservation Education
Author: Barry L. Stiefel
Publisher: University Press of New England
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1611685966

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Over the past twenty years, there has been a fundamental shift in the institutional organization of historic preservation education. Historic preservation is the most recent arrival in the collection of built environment disciplines and therefore lacks the pedagogical depth and breadth found in allied endeavors such as architecture and planning. As the first degree programs in preservation only date to the 1970s and the first doctoral programs to the 1990s, new faculty are confronted with pedagogical challenges that are unique to this relatively nascent field. Based on a conference that included educators from around the world, Barry L. Stiefel and Jeremy C. Wells now present a collection that seeks to address fundamental issues of preservation pedagogy, outcome-based education and assessment, and global issues of authenticity and significance in historic preservation. The editors argue that the subject of the analysis has shifted from, "What is the best way to fix a historic building?" to, "What are the best ways for teaching people how to preserve historic properties (and why) according to the various standards that have been established?" This important reconsideration of the state of the field in historic preservation education will appeal to a broad audience across numerous disciplines.

Time Honored

Time Honored
Author: John H. Stubbs
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2009-01-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0470260491

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“The absence heretofore of a comparably thoroughgoing but accessible resource on a topic of such urgent public concern was a glaring lapse that makes this deeply researched, lucidly written, and helpfully annotated book an invaluable addition to the literature.”— New York Review of Books Time Honored is a comprehensive survey of the practice, theory, and structure of architectural heritage conservation throughout the world. Offering an argument for why architectural conservation is indispensable to modern life, Time Honored describes its parameters and evolution in an historical context, and then methodically presents approaches used in various countries, showing how historic preservation in the West differs from conservation in the rest of the world. Illustrated throughout with over 300 photographs, drawings, maps, and charts. No other book navigates the global conservation programs, policies, and project types so completely.

Masonry

Masonry
Author: Diane Throop
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2002
Genre: Congresses
ISBN: 0803134509

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The 19 papers cover mortars, units, assemblies, and the potential of the industry in the near future. The topics include investigating the rheology and microstructure of hydrated lime and sand for mortars, predicting the freeze-thaw durability of bricks using an index based on residual expansion, a

Preservation is Overtaking Us

Preservation is Overtaking Us
Author: Rem Koolhaas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Architecture and society
ISBN: 9781883584986

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Preservation is Overtaking Us brings together two lectures given by Rem Koolhaas at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, along with a response (framed as a supplement to the original lectures) by Jorge Otero-Pailos. In the first essay Koolhaas describes alternative strategies for preserving Beijing, China. The second talk marks the inaugural Paul Spencer Byard lecture, named in celebration of the longtime professor of Historic Preservation at GSAPP. These two lectures trace key moments of Koolhaas' thinking on preservation, including his practice's entry into China and the commission to redevelop the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. In a format well known to Koolhaas' readers, Otero-Pailos reworks the lectures into a working manifesto, using it to interrogate OMA's work from within the discipline of preservation.

Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas

Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas
Author: John H. Stubbs
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2011-05-04
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 047090111X

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“From such well-known and long-vexed sites as the Athenian Acropolis to more contemporary locales like the Space Age Modernist capital city of Brasília, the conflicting and not always neatly resolvable forces that bear upon preservation are addressed as clearly and thoughtfully as the general reader could hope for.”—New York Review of Books “...an astonishing feat of research, compilation and synthesis.”—Context The book delivers the first major survey concerning the conservation of cultural heritage in both Europe and the Americas. Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas serves as a convenient resource for professionals, students, and anyone interested in the field. Following the acclaimed Time Honored, this book presents contemporary practice on a country-by-country and region-by-region basis, facilitating comparative analysis of similarities and differences. The book stresses solutions in architectural heritage protection and the contexts in which they were developed.

Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums

Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums
Author: Jane Merritt
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2010-01-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0759119414

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Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums describes the care routines that a historic house should practice to protect the site and its collections from damage, wear, deterioration, and catastrophic loss.