Concrete: case studies in conservation practice

This volume brings together fourteen case studies that address the challenges of conserving the twentieth century's most ubiquitous building materia: concrete. Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice is the first book in the Ghetty Conservation Institute's Conserving Modern Heritag...

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Other Authors: Croft, Catherine (Editor), MacDonald, Susan (Editor), Ostergren, Gail (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles Getty Conservation Institute [2018]
Series:Conserving modern heritage
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Summary:This volume brings together fourteen case studies that address the challenges of conserving the twentieth century's most ubiquitous building materia: concrete. Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice is the first book in the Ghetty Conservation Institute's Conserving Modern Heritage series, which offers recent, thorough, and well-vetted case studies on conserving twentieth-century heritage. The projects selected represent a range of building typologies, uses and sizes, from the high-rise housing blocks of Le Corbusier's Unité d'habitation and public institutions such as the National Theatre in London to small monuments such as the structures at Dudley Zoological Gardens and a sculpture by Daniel 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, balanced with conservation requirements to preserve significance. Written by architects, engineers, conservators, scholars, and other professionals in the field, these detailed, well-illustrated studies demonstrate sound practice, rigorous methodology, and technological innovation and showcase the vibrancy of the field as it stands today.
The Listening Mirrors, Denge, Kent, England, 1928-30 / Chris Wood and David Farrell -- Halles du Boulingrin, Reims, France, 1928 / François Chatillon and Richard Palmer -- Villa Girasole, Verona, Italy, 1929-35 / Michele Secco, Elena Stievanin, Claudio Modena, Gilberto Artioli, and Francesca da Porto -- Dudley Zoological Gardens, Dudley, England, 1937 / Stuart Tappin -- São Francisco de Assis Church, Belo Horizonte, Brazil / Marco Antônio Penido de Rezende, Ulisses Vanucci Lins, and José Eduardo de Aguiar -- Magliana Pavilion, Rome, 1945 / Tullia Iori and Sergio Poretti -- Gänsehäufel swimming facility, Vienna, 1950 / Wolfgang H. Salcher -- Unité d'habitation, Marseille, France, 1952 / François Botton -- First Christian Lower Technical School Patrimonium, Amsterdam, 1956 / Wessel de Jonge and Jurjen van Beek -- Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 1958-62 / Paul Gaudette, Deborah Slaton, and David S. Patterson -- New York Hall of Science, New York, 1964 / Laura N. Buchner, Christopher Gembinski, and Raymond M. Pepi -- National Theatre, London, 1976 / Patrick Dillon and Stephen Douglas -- Brion Cemetery, Treviso, Italy, 1968-78 / Guido Pietropoli, Paolo Faccio, Paola Scaramuzza, and Greta Bruschi -- Untitled sculptural work by Donald Judd, Southwest England, 1988-91 / Catherine Croft
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:207 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781606065761

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