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Conservation of modern architecture

Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Lower Coombe Donhead 2007Description: 190p. ill. 25cmISBN:
  • 9781873394847
ISSN:
  • 1355-6207
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 690.241 $2 18
Partial contents:
Points of balance: patterns of practice in the conservation of modern architecture -- Conservation values, climate change and modern architecture: the case of the CIS Tower -- Yale University Art Gallery: challenges for the rehabilitation of modern museum buildings -- The Billiet House, Bruges: reconstruction of a colour scheme -- Harry Seidler and the legacy of modern architecture in Australia -- The greenside case -- Challenges in protecting 1960s architect-designed houses -- ICOMOS: Twentieth Century Heritage International Scientific Committee -- Docomomo International -- Doconomo UK -- Living in the Brunswick Centre
Summary: This collection of papers examines the current philosophical, policy and technical concerns for the protection and maintenance of modern buildings. Includes examples of international projects relating to these themes.

Points of balance: patterns of practice in the conservation of modern architecture -- Conservation values, climate change and modern architecture: the case of the CIS Tower -- Yale University Art Gallery: challenges for the rehabilitation of modern museum buildings -- The Billiet House, Bruges: reconstruction of a colour scheme -- Harry Seidler and the legacy of modern architecture in Australia -- The greenside case -- Challenges in protecting 1960s architect-designed houses -- ICOMOS: Twentieth Century Heritage International Scientific Committee -- Docomomo International -- Doconomo UK -- Living in the Brunswick Centre

This collection of papers examines the current philosophical, policy and technical concerns for the protection and maintenance of modern buildings. Includes examples of international projects relating to these themes.