Architectural Conservation and Building Conservation

A practical guide which enables small builders to tackle everyday alteration and improvement projects with confidence...

Buildings continue changing once ‘complete’. Examining the allure of incomplete, imperfect and impermanent architecture, professionals, students and educators are called upon to anticipate future changes by incorporating them into their designs...

Buildings continue changing once ‘complete’. Examining the allure of incomplete, imperfect and impermanent architecture, professionals, students and educators are called upon to anticipate future changes by incorporating them into their designs...

People can be excluded from freedom and the good things in life by age, disability, poverty, unfair discrimination, crime or the fear of crime, and arrogant and unresponsive governments. This practical reference deals with all of these factors, and shows the links between them. In addition to severa..

Architectural Conservation and Restoration in Norway and Russia delves into the main challenges of historic and contemporary architectural preservation practices in Russia and Norway...

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 cons..

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 cons..

This new edition of Architectural Tiles: Conservation and Restoration continues to inform and educate in methodology and techniques pertaining to this broad subject. The new overview of common problems will be helpful in domestic and ecclesiastical situations and will appeal to independent tilers wh..

The first multi-authored scholarly book to address architectural destruction from a comparative, interdisciplinary perspective, considering multiple conflicts, multiple time periods, and multiple locations...

The first multi-authored scholarly book to address architectural destruction from a comparative, interdisciplinary perspective, considering multiple conflicts, multiple time periods, and multiple locations...

Covers various aspects of brickwork and bricklaying practice. This book presents a background to the historical development of the brick, the craft of bricklaying from the 13th century, and describes the process of brick manufacture...

The second of six volumes which offer an in-depth guide to all aspects of brickwork and bricklaying practice, this volume examines the elements of building construction in brick. The text covers both the contemporary and traditional aspects of substructure brickwork...