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"As the definitive resource on the architectual history of New York City. This edition documents and illustrates the 1276 individual landmarks and 102 historic districts that have been accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission since its esta…
Main description: Unconventional concepts for reusing existing buildings - economical, ecological and of historical / cultural value.
Unchanging architecture and the case for alteration -- The literate and the vernacular -- Restoration, preservation and alteration -- Parody and other views -- Parallels to alteration -- Degrees of alteration -- Stripping back -- The process of intervention -- Prohibitions and d…
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 as…
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 as…
In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about, and is its continued general a…
"The National Park Architecture Sourcebook explores some of America's most significant historic architectural treasures: national symbols of patriotism and heroic action; homes of presidents, the wealthy, writers, and the homesteader; lighthouses; prehistoric Native American sit…
Based on the success of the first published book on "Nondestructive Evaluation and Monitoring Technologies, Documentation, Diagnosis and Preservation of Cultural Heritage", this book will includes peer reviewed papers submitted to the conference in form of single independent cha…