0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology

Buy Now

Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,473
Discovery Miles 14 730
Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice (Paperback): Catherine Croft, Susan Macdonald

Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice (Paperback)

Catherine Croft, Susan Macdonald

Series: Conserving Modern Heritage

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,473 Discovery Miles 14 730 | Repayment Terms: R138 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

This timely volume brings together fourteen case studies that address the challenges of conserving the twentieth century's most ubiquitous building material-concrete. Following a meeting of international heritage conservation professionals in 2013, the need for recent, thorough, and well-vetted case studies on conserving twentieth-century heritage became clear. Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice answers that need and kicks off a new series, Conserving Modern Heritage, aimed at sharing best practices. The projects selected represent a range of building typologies, building uses, and project sizes, from the high-rise housing blocks of Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation and public buildings such as the London's National Theatre to small monuments such as the structures at Dudley Zoological Gardens and a sculpture by Donald Judd. The projects also represent a range of environmental and economic contexts. Some projects benefit from high levels of heritage protection and access to funding, while others have had to negotiate conservation with stringent cost limitations. All follow a rigorous conservation approach, beginning with a process of investigation and diagnosis to identify causes and target repairs and balancing these with conservation requirements to preserve significance. Written by architects, engineers, conservators, and other professionals in the field, these highly detailed and well-illustrated studies demonstrate sound practice, rigorous methodology, and technological innovation. This book has something to offer anyone interested in the conservation of modern heritage.

General

Imprint: Getty Publications
Country of origin: United States
Series: Conserving Modern Heritage
Release date: 2019
Editors: Catherine Croft • Susan Macdonald
Dimensions: 216 x 267 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 978-1-60606-576-1
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design
Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Conservation of buildings & building materials
LSN: 1-60606-576-9
Barcode: 9781606065761

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners