Architecture in Conservation: Managing Development at Historic Sites

by James Strike

Overview

One of the problems faced by heritage organizations and museums is adapting old buildings to their needs or building new ones to fit in with historic sites. How exactly do you create a visitor's centre at Stonehenge? The real difficulty lies where the budget is minimal, and the potential damage to the environment or setting enormous. Architecture i

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136801716
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/03/1994
Series:	Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

James Strike was involved with design and new developments at English Heritage until 1993. He has now joined the team of conservation specialists in the Department of Conservation Sciences at Bournemouth University. He is the author of Construction into Design (1991).

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 The field of study 3 Connections by association 4 Response to location 5 At the monument 6 Connections by assimilation 7 Presence or anonymity 8 The way forward

Editorial Reviews

‘There are books on modern buildings and books on conservation. James Strike is to be congratulated on tackling that difficult in-between ground - how to insert pieces of new design into historic settings.' - Architect's Journal

‘...a brave attempt to cross the great illusory divide between conservation and design ... a book that tackles this problem is long overdue.' - Building

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