Architectural Conservation Books

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1. Structural Design in Building Conservation

   By Dimitris Theodossopoulos

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-47946-2 | Paperback (Spon Press)
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   Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas

   By Kenneth Williamson

   The first book to provide readers with the skills to assess development potential from a holistic standpoint. Until now, architectural books on conservation matters have focused on preservation at a strategic level and restoration at a technical level. This book offers the architect, developer or...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-48644-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings, 2nd Edition

   By David Highfield, Christopher Gorse

   A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, this book provides solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues and is essential reading for all students studying building refurbishment at all levels. Includes: existing floor and wall...

   May 2009 | 978-0-415-44124-7 | Paperback (Spon Press)
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   History, Performance and Conservation

   By Barry Bridgwood, Lindsay Lennie

   Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation of existing buildings and environments. This book provides, in a single text, the tools for students to be...

   2008 | 978-0-415-43420-1 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)
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   Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World

   By Marcel Vellinga, Paul Oliver, Alexander Bridge

   The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps. Mapping such...

   2008 | 978-0-415-41151-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   On Altering Architecture

   By Fred Scott

   Bringing together interior design and architectural theory, this exciting text looks at the common practices of building alteration, reconsidering established ideas and methods, to initiate the creation of a theory of the interior or interventional design. Fred Scott examines in-depth case studies...

   2007 | 978-0-415-31752-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The ZEDbook: Solutions for a Shrinking World

   By Bill Dunster, Craig Simmons, Bobby Gilbert

   Though few now doubt the severity of the environmental problems faced by humanity there is still resistance from businesses, developers, architects, planners and government when it comes to making the step changes necessary to make our lifestyles sustainable. Based on the experience gained from...

   2007 | 978-0-415-39199-3 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)
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   The Environmental Brief: Pathways for Green Design

   By Richard Hyde, Steve Watson, Wendy Cheshire, Mark Thomson

   The built environment is responsible for an estimated forty-five per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. As the greatest opportunities for reducing these emissions occur during the briefing and design processes, the pathway to better design lies in preparing environmental briefs, and...

   2006 | 978-0-415-29045-6 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)
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   Heritage, Weathering and Conservation: Proceedings of the International Heritage, Weathering and Conservation Conference (HWC-2006), 21-24 June 2006, Madrid, Spain

   Edited by Rafael Fort, Monica Alvarez de Buergo, Miguel Gomez-Heras, Carmen Vazquez-Calvo

   The conservation of cultural heritage is a major commitment for all countries around the world, since it is a complex task and a matter of great responsibility. Amongst other sectors of society, science has a contribution to make to heritage preservation. This book is the result of the...

   2006 | 978-0-415-41272-8 | Hardback (Taylor & Francis)
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    Vernacular Architecture in the 21st Century: Theory, Education and Practice

    Edited by Lindsay Asquith, Marcel Vellinga

    The issues surrounding the function and meaning of vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century are complex and extensive. Taking a distinctively rigorous theoretical approach, this book considers these issues from a number of perspectives, broadening current debate to a wider...

    2005 | 978-0-415-35795-1 | Paperback (Taylor & Francis)