ldquo;From such well-known and long-vexed sites as the Athenian Acropolis to more contemporary locales like the Space Age Modernist capital city of Brasiacute;lia; the conflicting and not always neatly resolvable forces that bear upon preservation are addressed as clearly and thoughtfully as the general reader could hope for.rdquo;mdash;New York Review of Books ldquo;hellip;an astonishing feat of research; compilation and synthesis.rdquo;mdash;Context The book delivers the first major survey concerning the conservation of cultural heritage in both Europe and the Americas. Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas serves as a convenient resource for professionals; students; and anyone interested in the field. Following the acclaimed Time Honored; this book presents contemporary practice on a country-by-country and region-by-region basis; facilitating comparative analysis of similarities and differences. The book stresses solutions in architectural heritage protection and the contexts in which they were developed.
#964730 in eBooks 2009-03-18 2009-03-18File Name: B0045Y22N0
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