RegionArchitectural Conservation Books
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Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
By Kenneth Williamson
The first book to provide readers with the skills to assess development potential from a holistic standpoint. Until now, architectural books on conservation matters have focused on preservation at a strategic level and restoration at a technical level. This book offers the architect, developer or...
June 2010 | 978-0-415-48644-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings, 2nd Edition
By David Highfield, Christopher Gorse
A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, this book provides solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues and is essential reading for all students studying building refurbishment at all levels. Includes: existing floor and wall...
May 2009 | 978-0-415-44124-7 | Paperback (Spon Press)
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History, Performance and Conservation
By Barry Bridgwood, Lindsay Lennie
Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation of existing buildings and environments. This book provides, in a single text, the tools for students to be...
2008 | 978-0-415-43420-1 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)
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Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World
By Marcel Vellinga, Paul Oliver, Alexander Bridge
The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps. Mapping such...
2008 | 978-0-415-41151-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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On Altering Architecture
By Fred Scott
Bringing together interior design and architectural theory, this exciting text looks at the common practices of building alteration, reconsidering established ideas and methods, to initiate the creation of a theory of the interior or interventional design. Fred Scott examines in-depth case studies...
2007 | 978-0-415-31752-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The ZEDbook: Solutions for a Shrinking World
By Bill Dunster, Craig Simmons, Bobby Gilbert
Though few now doubt the severity of the environmental problems faced by humanity there is still resistance from businesses, developers, architects, planners and government when it comes to making the step changes necessary to make our lifestyles sustainable. Based on the experience gained from...
2007 | 978-0-415-39199-3 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)
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The Environmental Brief: Pathways for Green Design
By Richard Hyde, Steve Watson, Wendy Cheshire, Mark Thomson
The built environment is responsible for an estimated forty-five per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. As the greatest opportunities for reducing these emissions occur during the briefing and design processes, the pathway to better design lies in preparing environmental briefs, and...
2006 | 978-0-415-29045-6 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)
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Heritage, Weathering and Conservation: Proceedings of the International Heritage, Weathering and Conservation Conference (HWC-2006), 21-24 June 2006, Madrid, Spain
Edited by Rafael Fort, Monica Alvarez de Buergo, Miguel Gomez-Heras, Carmen Vazquez-Calvo
The conservation of cultural heritage is a major commitment for all countries around the world, since it is a complex task and a matter of great responsibility. Amongst other sectors of society, science has a contribution to make to heritage preservation. This book is the result of the...
2006 | 978-0-415-41272-8 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)
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Vernacular Architecture in the 21st Century: Theory, Education and Practice
Edited by Lindsay Asquith, Marcel Vellinga
The issues surrounding the function and meaning of vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century are complex and extensive. Taking a distinctively rigorous theoretical approach, this book considers these issues from a number of perspectives, broadening current debate to a wider...
2005 | 978-0-415-35795-1 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)