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Practical Building Conservation: Conservation Basics
Historic England
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Description for Practical Building Conservation: Conservation Basics
Hardback. This volume, Conservation Basics, examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of conservation planning for the maintenance and repair of historic buildings and places is described in detail. Series: Practical Building Conservation. Num Pages: 384 pages, Includes 261 colour and 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 245 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1448.
Conservation Basics examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of conservation planning for the maintenance and repair of historic buildings and places is described in detail, and is illustrated through case studies. Topics include understanding and assessment, surveys and recording, ecological considerations, planning and managing maintenance and repair programmes, risk management, specifying works, and contract procurement.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Practical Building Conservation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754645511
SKU
V9780754645511
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Historic England
The contents reflect the work of the Building Conservation and Research Team, their colleagues at Historic England, and their consultants and researchers, who together have many decades of accumulated experience in dealing with deteriorating building materials and systems of all types. This multi-disciplinary team of architects, surveyors, conservators and scientists are responsible for standard setting and research across a ... Read more
Reviews for Practical Building Conservation: Conservation Basics
'Students of conservation, trustees and custodians of heritage assets and any practice for whom architectural conservation is a cornerstone of their business, with an interest in maintaining high standards, and a commitment to developing new talent should have a copy of this book on their shelves.' Architectural Technology 'Conservation Basics presents a very good introduction to the integrated ... Read more