Architectural conservation in Europe and the Americas : national experiences and practice /

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Author / Creator:Stubbs, John H.
Imprint:Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011.
Description:xxii, 729 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8384906
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Other authors / contributors:Makaš, Emily Gunzburger.
ISBN:9780470603857 (hardback)
0470603852 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"The first major survey that looks at the conservation of cultural heritage in both Europe and the Americas, this book will serve as a convenient resource for professionals, students, and anyone interested in the field. Following the acclaimed Time Honored, Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas presents contemporary practice on a country-by-country and region-by-region basis, facilitating comparative analysis of similarities and differences. Written to "stand alone" from the predecessor volume, this book will be followed by a third and final volume covering Asia, Africa, Oceana, and the Polar Regions"--Provided by publisher.
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Summary:<p>"From such well-known and long-vexed sites as the Athenian Acropolis to more contemporary locales like the Space Age Modernist capital city of Brasília, the conflicting and not always neatly resolvable forces that bear upon preservation are addressed as clearly and thoughtfully as the general reader could hope for."-- New York Review of Books </p> <p> "...an astonishing feat of research, compilation and synthesis."-- Context </p> The book delivers the first major survey concerning the conservation of cultural heritage in both Europe and the Americas. Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas serves as a convenient resource for professionals, students, and anyone interested in the field. Following the acclaimed Time Honored, this book presents contemporary practice on a country-by-country and region-by-region basis, facilitating comparative analysis of similarities and differences. The book stresses solutions in architectural heritage protection and the contexts in which they were developed.
Physical Description:xxii, 729 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470603857
0470603852