Buchcover - Understanding Historic Building Conservation - ISBN 978-0-470-69115-1
„The stated aim of this work is to provide a snapshot of a numberof individual conservation-related topics that afford concise andup-to-date information ... . In this aim the book is mostlysuccessful.“ (Journal of Building Appraisal, Autumn 2007)
„This book is a very interesting read. It is stronglyrecommended for anyone who is a historic building professional orwho simply has interests in learning more about the subject.“(Construction History Society Newsletter)
„Overall this book is useful to engineers, and contains otherarticles of use to engineers and building owners.“ (SPABMagazines)
„First in a series of volumes that combine conservationphilosophy with knowledge of traditional materials ... . Whilesubstantial publications exist ... few individuals andpractices have ready access to all of these.“(SirReadALot. org)„This book is a very interesting read. It is strongly recommendedfor anyone who is a historic building professional or who simplyhas interests in learning more about the subject.“ ConstructionHistory Society Newsletter
„Overall this book is useful to engineers, and contains otherarticles of use to engineers and building owners.“ SPABMagazines
Understanding Historic Building Conservation
herausgegeben von Michael Forsyth* Understanding Historic Building Conservation
* Materials & Skills in Historic BuildingConservation
* Structures & Construction in Historic BuildingConservation
The series aims to introduce each aspect of conservation and toprovide concise, basic and up-to-date knowledge for architects, surveyors and engineers as well as for commissioning client bodies, managers and advisors.
In each book, Michael Forsyth draws together chapters by leadingarchitects, structural engineers and related professionals toreflect the interdisciplinary nature of conservation work.
The books are structured to be of direct practical application, taking the reader through the process of historic buildingconservation and emphasising throughout the integrative teamworkinvolved.
This present volume - Understanding Historic BuildingConservation - discusses conservation philosophy and theimportance of understanding the history of a building before makingstrategic decisions. It details the role of each conservation teammember and sets out the challenges of conservation at planninglevel in urban, industrial and rural contexts and in theconservation of designed landscapes. The framework of legislationand charters within which these operate is described and the bookalso provides guidance on writing conservation plans, explains thefundamental issues of costing and contracts for conservation andhighlights the importance of maintenance.
Eighteen chapters written by the experts present today'skey issues in historic building conservation: Timothy Cantell, Martin Cherry, Nigel Dann, Peter Davenport, Geoff Evans, KeithFalconer, Colin Johns, Jeremy Lake, Jonathan Lovie, DuncanMcCallum, James Maitland Gard'ner, Martin Robertson, AdrianStenning, David H. Tomback, Giles Waterfield, Philip Whitbourn, John Winter.
