Book description Providing hands on advice for the conservator; Architectural Tiles: Conservation andRestoration is a unique and valuable guide to the care of historic tileschemes in architectural settings. It offers practical guidance on conservationand restoration techniques including the problems of manufacture; cleaning; mortarsand replacement or repair. Techniques are illustrated by comprehensiveinternational case studies; set against a background of the role of pastarchitects and designers in historic schemes. This second edition includesvaluable updates on all aspects of the practice of tile conservation. Lesley Durbin is senior conservator at the JackfieldConservation Studio; UK.She has over thirty years experience of the conservation of architecturalceramics.
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Review
3 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Old ideas but worthy insightsBy Mark TwainI must admit I havent read this book. but I recently attended a presentation by Bryan Lawson where he presented these ideas in some detail. He is a good. entertaining speaker and has shown very good writing skills in previous books.The topic. however. is mostly well-known stuff by designers and architects. who have been interested in how the built environment shapes our behaviour for millenia. literally. The classic studies by Jacobs ("Death and Life of Great American Cities") is a more recent (1960s) example of this concern.In all (topic + author). Id recommend this book to readers who are interested in design and architecture topics and are not fully familiar with Jacobs and all the subsequent work in envirmomental behaviour. This is a good place to do some catching-up.It is also very much recommended to non-design people trying to understand that design is much more than styling or superficial appearance.
