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| ISBN: | 9789089641038
1282401920
9781282401921
9786612401923
6612401923
9048508703
9789048508709
9089641033
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index.
Text in English, translated from Dutch.
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| Summary: | Is it possible for conservationists to approve of the reconstruction of old façades when virtually everything behind them is modern? Should they continue to protect the front façade, when the rest of the historic building has vanished? Is it socially responsible to spend government money on reconstructing a historic building that has been completely destroyed? Can one do such a thing fifty years on?. According to reigning ideas in the world of conservation, the answer to all these questions is 'no'. It is felt that building a stage set is dishonest, and rebuilding something that no longer exis.
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| Other form: | Print version: Romantic modernism Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009. 9789089641038
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