Saving Our Architectural Heritage

Author : N. S. Baer,R. Snethlage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997-04-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023423929

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Saving Our Architectural Heritage by N. S. Baer,R. Snethlage Pdf

It has become obvious that public policy will play a critical role in determining what portion of our architectural heritage will be passed on to future generations and what portion will be lost to deterioration, development, and natural hazards. In developed nations, as much as 10% of the built environment is deemed of sufficient cultural and historic importance to be given local or national listing. At the international level, UNESCO maintains a World Heritage List that includes many stone monuments. While the past two decades have witnessed a growing body of research devoted to understanding the fundamental mechanisms of damage to stone and to developing strategies for the conservation of stone, virtually no research has been conducted on the quantification of the economic role of stone buildings and structures as well as the valuation of cultural property. In order to introduce the tools and methods of economic analysis to the public policy debate on the preservation of cultural property, a multidisciplinary team of physical scientists worked with social scientists to explore how societal, economic, and ethical considerations might be integrated with technological options to lead to informed policy decisions. Recognizing that economic analyses must rest on firm technical data and sound conservation options, the state of our knowledge of mechanisms and rates of damage, the diagnosis of condition, and the evaluation of treatment options were subjected to critical review; special attention was given to the identification of promising, innovative areas of research. This volume represents an important first step in rationalizing the decision-making process for the setting of public policy in the preservation of our architectural heritage. It will be of interest not only to those actively engaged in research and conservation on stone structures, but also to those concerned with urban planning, public policy, economic analysis, and environmental standards setting. Goal of this Dahlem Workshop: to identify critical gaps in our knowledge of the deterioration mechanisms for treated and untreated historically important stone; to suggest innovative approaches to the study of deterioration mechanisms and novel remedial measures for treated and untreated historically important stone; and to address the socioeconomic factors that determine preservation actions for our architectural heritage.

Author : Norbert Sebastian Baer,Rolf Snethlage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Stone buildings
ISBN : OCLC:757628702

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Saving Our Architectural Heritage by Norbert Sebastian Baer,Rolf Snethlage Pdf

Author : Antonella Versaci,Hocine Bougdah,Natsuko Akagawa,Nicola Cavalagli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030744823

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Conservation of Architectural Heritage by Antonella Versaci,Hocine Bougdah,Natsuko Akagawa,Nicola Cavalagli Pdf

This book focuses on the management and conservation of architectural heritage with the aim of increasing awareness about the value of such conservation and of saving what is left of history, which in turn rewards societies by supporting the tourism industry, generating economic return, and preserving communities’ identities. Since it has become an essential need to manage and conserve the architectural heritage in order to protect the identity and heritage of a city, there appeared a gap between the theory and its application. Therefore, a considerable amount of attention has been directed by experts in this field toward emphasizing the contribution of heritage conservation in order to inspire the development of imaginative, useful high-quality design.

Author : Alan Chandler,Michela Pace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429663239

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The Production of Heritage by Alan Chandler,Michela Pace Pdf

In this important book, the authors unpack the theoretical and practical issues around the development of heritage sites, critically dissecting key conservation benchmarks such as the ICOMOS guidelines, BS 7913 and the RIBA Conservation Plan of Work to reveal the mechanics of heritage guidance, its advantages and conceptual limitations. Underpinned by an active understanding of the conservation philosophy of William Morris, the book presents five case studies from the UK and North and South America that speak about different facets of heritage value, such as urban identity, commodification, authenticity, materiality and heritage as an intellectual and ethical framework. Heritage is never neutral; its definition is privileged yet its influence is political. Art, landscape and archaeology all offer examples of how the operational ideas of adjacent disciplines can influence an integrated idea of heritage conservation, and how this is communicated in order to determine significance and share in its custodianship. This book provides insights into how to identify and challenge these limitations, expanding inclusion by describing tactics for changing how people can relate to and build on the past. Clearly written for all levels of readership within the conservation professions and community custodians of heritage buildings and places, the book provides strategies and tactics for understanding the heritage significance of materials, their fabrication, detail and use. The narratives that historic fabric contains can help shape the meaningful involvement of local people, providing a roadmap for those navigating the double-bind of using the past to underpin the future.

Author : Zeynep Aygen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136185908

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International Heritage and Historic Building Conservation by Zeynep Aygen Pdf

The majority of books in English on historic building conservation and heritage preservation training are often restricted to Western architecture and its origins. Consequently, the history of building conservation, the study of contemporary paradigms and case studies in most universities and within wider interest circles, predominantly in the UK, Europe, and USA focus mainly on Europe and sometimes the USA, although the latter is often excluded from European publications. With an increasingly multicultural student body in Euro-American universities and with a rising global interest in heritage preservation, there is an urgent need for publications to cover a larger geographical and social area including not only Asia, Australia, Africa and South America but also previously neglected countries in Europe like the new members of the European Community and the northern neighbour of the USA, Canada. The inclusion of the ‘other’ in built environment education in general and in building conservation in particular is a pre-requisite of cultural interaction and widening participation. International Heritage and Historic Building Conservation assesses successful contemporary conservation paradigms from around the world. The book evaluates conservation case studies from previously excluded areas of the world to create an integrated account of Historic Building Conservation that crosses the boundaries of language and culture and sets an example for further inclusive research. Analyzing the influence of financial constraints, regional conflicts, and cultural differences on the heritage of disadvantaged countries, this leading-edge volume is essential for researchers and students of heritage studies interested in understanding their topics in a wider framework.

Author : John H. Stubbs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780470260494

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Time Honored by John H. Stubbs Pdf

“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.

Author : Giorgio Croci
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781853124822

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The Conservation and Structural Restoration of Architectural Heritage by Giorgio Croci Pdf

Structural analysis of architectural heritage is a new and growing branch of engineering. Knowledge of the history of architecture, material characteristics, instruments and techniques for investigations, diagnosis and restoration are all vital aspects for the correct understanding of structural behaviour and the ability to make correct decisions for repair and strengthening techniques. Designed for use by all professionals involved or interested in the preservation of monuments, the purpose of this book is to contribute to the development of new approaches in the area. Many of the examples examined, including the Colosseum, the Tower of Pisa, the Pyramid of Chephren, the Tilla Kari Mosque in Samarkand, the temples of Angkor and Konarak, the Santa Maria Vieja Cathedral, the domes of St Peter, Hagia Sophia, the Pantheon, St Ignatio de Loyola and St Charles, are the result of projects and studies carried out during Giorgio Croci's distinguished career. The book features numerous black and white photographs and illustrations by the author.

Author : Mark Fram,Ontario Heritage Foundation
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1550463861

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Well-preserved by Mark Fram,Ontario Heritage Foundation Pdf

The 3rd edition of a respected guide to architectural preservation that explains its importance and presents principles for planning, assessing, protecting, designing, repairing, and enhancing heritage structures of any age and style.

Author : Dr Ilan Vit-Suzan
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781472420640

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Architectural Heritage Revisited by Dr Ilan Vit-Suzan Pdf

By improving our understanding of how the tangible and intangible dimensions of heritage are correlated, we could develop a relationship with heritage that goes beyond the mere act of conservation. This book argues that we need to recognize the historic monument as a tangible aspect of a holistic expression of culture that is rooted in specific spatio-temporal conditions. However, since the latter are constantly changing, it is vital to identify an implicit contradiction with the goals of conservation. As the intangible dimensions are more dynamic, driven by the transmission, reception, and advancement of knowledge, the reliance of the prevailing treatment of heritage today, conservation, ossifies this relationship. By examining three major heritage monuments - the Pantheon, Teotihuacan's Sun Pyramid and Alhambra - the book shows how these sites are the product of multiple strategies and unforeseen agents, accumulated through history. It emphasizes how these historical trends need to be better understood in order to attain a more 'organic' relationship with heritage and offers some recommendations that should be analyzed in participative processes of deliberation: the Pantheon's continuity could be extended; the Pyramid's loss, accepted; and Alhambra's exclusion, reversed. In this way, the book invites people to engage heritage from a historical understanding that is open to critical reassessment, dialogue, and cooperation.

Author : Brusaporci, Stefano
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781522524359

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Digital Innovations in Architectural Heritage Conservation: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Brusaporci, Stefano Pdf

The concept of conserving heritage for future generations is not a new idea. However, with recent digital advances, this task can be done much more efficiently and cultural properties can be better preserved for future populations. Digital Innovations in Architectural Heritage Conservation: Emerging Research and Opportunities highlights the most innovative trends in electronic preservation techniques. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant topics such as cultural complexities, participative heritage, architectural backgrounds, and virtual reconstruction, this is an ideal publication for all academicians, graduate students, engineers, and researchers interested in expanding their knowledge on current heritage conservation systems and practices.

Author : John H. Stubbs,Emily G. Makaš
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780470901113

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Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas by John H. Stubbs,Emily G. Makaš Pdf

“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.

Author : Miles Glendinning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780415499996

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The Conservation Movement by Miles Glendinning Pdf

Shortlisted for the 2014 SAHGB Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion. Certainly, ancient structures have long been treated with care and reverence in many societies, including classical Rome and Greece. But only in modern Europe and America, in the last two centuries, has this care been elaborated and energised into a forceful, dynamic ideology: a 'Conservation Movement', infused with a sense of historical destiny and loss, that paradoxically shared many of the characteristics of Enlightenment modernity. Miles Glendinning's new book authoritatively presents, for the first time, the entire history of architectural conservation, and traces its dramatic fluctuations in ideas and popularity, ending by questioning whether its recent international ascendancy can last indefinitely.

Author : James Strike
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136801716

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Architecture in Conservation by James Strike Pdf

One of the problems faced by heritage organizations and museums is adapting old buildings to their needs or building new ones to fit in with historic sites. How exactly do you create a visitor's centre at Stonehenge? The real difficulty lies where the budget is minimal, and the potential damage to the environment or setting enormous. Architecture i

Author : Ugo Carughi,Massimo Visone
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351980357

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Time Frames by Ugo Carughi,Massimo Visone Pdf

11 Post- tradition in Japanese culture -- Heritage -- 12 Industrial architecture -- 13 Landscape architecture -- 14 Middle- class housing -- Memory -- 15 Cultural institutions -- 16 Architectural photography -- Conservation -- 17 Laws and regulations -- 18 Technology -- Economy -- 19 Economic analysis -- Index of places -- Index of names

Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781845645267

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Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XII by C. A. Brebbia Pdf

Architectural heritage is now recognised to be of great importance to the historical identity of a region, town or nation. In order to take care of that heritage, we need to look beyond borders and share experiences and knowledge regarding heritage preservation. This book contains papers covering the latest advances in this field, presented at the twelfth and latest in a series of now-biennial conferences that began in 1989.The series is recognised as the most important conference on the topic. It covers such topics as Heritage architecture and historical aspects, Regional architecture, Preservation of archaeological sites, Maritime heritage, Heritage masonry buildings, Adobe restorations, Wooden structures, Structural issues and restoration, Seismic vulnerability and vibrations, Assessment, retrofitting and reuse of heritage buildings, Surveying and monitoring, Material characterisation and problems, Simulation and modelling, New techniques and materials, Non-destructive techniques, Experimental validation and verification, Performance and maintenance, Environmental damage. Social and economic aspects, and Guidelines, codes and regulations.