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Yin, Chien-Ni. "Change in historic buildings." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70656.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-75).
Change in historic buildings is inevitable. If these changes are not well-managed, the cityscape will be threatened because a city is composed of buildings. A good city should combine both growth and preservation. Controlling change in historic buildings is one way to get this balance. Because a city can not simply preserve all buildings nor demolish all of them, there should be a methodology to decide what buildings should be preserved and which should be demolished. Furthermore, which building should be preserved as a museum, and which should be allowed rehabilitation could also be decided by this same method. Since the concept of combining history into people's daily lives is prevalent, historic buildings can be changed according to contemporary needs. Change in historic buildings should be recommended in different degrees. The degree is decided according to the significance of the building. This thesis studies building category systems that have been used in downtown surveys in Boston and San Francisco. In order to develop an objective evaluation system, the system used in The Canadian Inventory of Historic Building will also be examined. A framework for criteria and an evaluation system will be developed. Buildings can thus be categorized into groups. Suggestions for changes will be based on these groups. For example, a building of high significance in history or in architecture should be preserved at all cost. Change in such a building should be invisible because retaining its original status and keeping its authenticity is the priority. For a building without particular significance, demolition is recommend. Its demolition provides space for city growth. Between the two extremes of preservation and demolition, there is buffer room for blending the new and the old in a single building. The value of such building is usually contextual, without individual architectural or historic significance but of integral importance within an environment. For this kind of contextual building, change is recommended, but the new elements should be clearly distinguishable. Such as building can be rehabilitated with a contemporary design. A new addition is also allowed, as long as the new is compatible with the old. The compatibility between new and old will be examined through cases of buildings recently completed in Boston. The cases raise many issues: How does a city solve the controversy regarding preservation and development? How can the new be properly integrated into the old? How does the city control design qUality? The answers will be provided after the examination of case studies. Finally, principles and recommendations for controlling change in historic buildings will be provided.
by Chien-Ni Yin.
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Barón, Elisabeth Matthies. "Mountain lake colony pinewood estate garden historic preservation." FIU Digital Commons, 2001. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1427.
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Pinewood Estate is a significant resource in the history of the theory and practice of landscape architecture. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a landscape plan to restore the Pinewood Estate to its historic integrity in order to retain and reflect its past.
In order to determine the criteria used to establish how and to what period the estate should be restored to, the Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes was followed. This process involved documenting the existing conditions of the estate. Site inventory and analysis and onsite interviews were conducted. Natural and cultural resources were evaluated.
As a case study, McKee Botanical Garden was analyzed and evaluated. The comparison of this case study served as a guideline to determine the best practice for the historical preservation of the estate.
Despite the changes in the landscape at Pinewood Estate over the past seventy years, the garden today still retains William Lyman Phillips design criteria. For the garden to continue to keep its historic fabric, rehabilitation was selected to allow for improvements that make possible efficient contemporary use of the estate.
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Radtke, Lisa B. "Rehabilitating historic residential landscapes: Tucson, Arizona." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278806.
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Widespread rehabilitation of historic residential properties in Tucson, Arizona offers numerous benefits to the community. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Property provides the best practical guidelines for the rehabilitation of historic landscapes, currently. However, interpreting national guidelines for use on local projects is necessary before widespread application can occur. Accordingly, the first section of this work addresses means by which the national standards might be applied to landscape rehabilitation of residential properties in Tucson, including mid to small-scale residences and historic houses of more recent construction. Because these homes often lack traditional sources of documentation, expanding research options within the design process is often necessary. The second part of this work utilizes suggested research options, including academic and non-academic sources, to synthesize information regarding local historic residential landscape practices useful in interpretive and design processes of historic landscape rehabilitation projects.
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Rabun, J. S. "Structural analysis of historic American buildings." Thesis, University of York, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297311.
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Kim, Sooyoung. "Spatial sequence in the historic gardens." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53224.
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In designing spaces, designers should consider spatial sequence and its experiences, since we experience environment in a sequence along movement. The more a place satisfies desired experiences, the more the place will be successful. This thesis explored spatial sequence as a design tool by examining the major design elements of spatial sequence, the designed patterns of these elements in some cultures, and the sequential experiences and effects of the patterns. As a way of exploring spatial sequence as a design tool, cases in formal classic landscapes (Korean temples, Mughul gardens in Kashmir and Italian villas) have been examined. Classic landscapes have developed elaborate sequential patterns to achieve certain experiences and effects. Especially, the spatial sequence of classic formal landscapes is designed to be experienced along a major axis and to show straight forward and highly controlled sequence. Thus, classic formal landscapes are good examples of showing strong relationship between spatial sequence and spatial experiences. The three landscapes are examined and compared in terms of change of level, change of spatial characteristics and transition places to explore spatial sequence and sequential experiences.
The results of this research showed that the designers of these landscapes deliberately used - spatial sequence to elicit certain emotional responses and experiences specifically desired under the contexts and purposes of the places. Korean temples located in the mountains provide good nature-reIated experiences and religious-but-inspiring experiences. The temple designers created delicate yet powerful sequential experiences through the effective use of site conditions and landscape elements. The designers of Mughul gardens worked to create cool and friendly spatial experiences in the hot climate and vast landscapes. They utilized water and planting materials in various ways to give a refreshing and intimate feeling through the whole sequence. Spatial sequences of Italian villas are designed to add to the pure pleasure of the residences and thus show the most articulated sequence design. Especially, level changes, as one of the sequential elements, have been used effectively to create or increase certain sequential experiences. ln Korean temples, the irregular slopes of sites are shaped sometimes into even and constant rises or sometimes into a rapid rise to make various sequential effects. The Mughuls deliberately made small level changes out of flat plains to create an intimate sequence. The Italians used level changes to create a vivid sequence. The steep slopes of hillsides are altered in two opposite directions: horizontally wide and vertically high. The existing site conditions are utilized and modified in various ways to make specific sequential experiences and effects.
The findings confirm that spatial sequence is an effective design device which can satisfy desired experiences and thus can create successful places. Good sequence is the one that is appropriate for its purpose and for the context in which it belongs. More concern for and more understanding of spatial sequence will enable the designer to create an environment that will provide more pleasing spatial experiences.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Rashed, Haitham Farouk. "Sustainable urban development in historic Cairo." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14591/.
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Heritage is a constituent of the cultural tradition, and an important component of societal and community welfare. This comprehensive vision merges both tangible and intangible dimensions; architectural and historical values. As a result of globalisation, local communities of heritage sites have started to realise the significance of their influencing voices in shaping their lives and futures. Several rehabilitation and development initiatives have been selected for this study to review lessons learned from a variety of methodologies adopted for different historical districts of distinctive urban, political, and socio-economic contexts. Historic Cairo is home to the largest concentration of Islamic monuments in the world and was designated a world heritage site in 1979. Despite historic Cairo's international and national significance, it is highly vulnerable to negligence and deterioration as a consequence of modernisation and rapid changes in urban and cultural lifestyles. Historic Cairo has attracted numerous rehabilitation, preservation and restoration studies, proposals, and projects through governmental, national, and international efforts. These rehabilitation schemes however have lacked the sustainable urban development delivery in this heritage context. Moreover, most of the schemes neglected yet another significant dimension for sustainable urban development considered key to many successful schemes; community participation and involvement in the planning process. The study aims to fill the research gap identified to achieve sustainable urban development in historic Cairo. Thus, a thorough, evidence-based, and theoretically informed methodology has been proposed for developing a tailored intervention that attempts to tackle some of the most critical problems in historic Cairo. The present study adopts a mixed-method strategy with an in-depth case study to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the research problem. This mixed methodology has had the benefit of combining data collection techniques, interviews and questionnaire in order to explore more fully the context of the case study. The combination of methods has provided a basis for exploring how community participation plays a vital role in the success (or failure) of the delivery of a development intervention in historic Cairo. Results from questionnaires and interviews have provided a robust vision of how the bottom-up and top-down views complement each other to provide a foundation for the researcher to build the proposed intervention on. The analysed results are to provide recommendations to decision makers on how best to encourage and incorporate stakeholders' views in future interventions implemented within their rich historic context. Drawing from the survey results along with lessons learnt from other development initiatives in heritage sites, and complementing this with space syntax analysis techniques, a set of tailored design guidelines is generated for sustainable development in historic Cairo. The proposed design guidelines comprise recommendations that have dealt with the five main urban zones of historic Cairo based on the most critically required design principles for sustainable development; diversity and choice, distinctiveness/sense of place, users' needs, self sufficiency/participation, and pollution reduction. The proposed strategy has aimed to consider the development of the physical urban context of historic Cairo whilst enhancing the social, economic, and environmental aspects within the local community to guarantee the sustainable delivery and outcomes of the intervention.
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Gerstenberger, Nanette Marie. "Historic plant materials of Tucson." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291741.
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The objective of this study was to create a reference of historically identifiable eras in plant use and landscape design in Tucson between 1854 and 1960. Determination of plant use eras was based on a combination of factors: (1) significant events, (2) technological advancements, (3) the number of species identified during specific time frames, (4) changes in plant collection patterns, and (5) new design trends. Five major landscape plant use eras are identified: the Anglo Settlement Era (1854-1879), the Railroad Era (1880-1899), the Post Victorian Era (1900-1917), the Post World War I and Depression Era (1918-1938), and the World War II and Suburban Expansion Era (1939-1960). Plant introduction peaked between 1900 and 1917. Following that time, tree introductions declined significantly and shrub introductions increased.
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YOKEL, WILLIAM A. "Inhabiting a Landscape: After the Commodification of Historic Preservation." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212121075.
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Kong, Tak-chun Andy. "Cultural landscape architecture Fanling Wai (Walled village)." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25951038.
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Catania, Brittany. "(Re)connect: Transforming Vacant Urban Spaces and Historic Buildings." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1396453798.
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Heiman, John. "A study of historic rural America." Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32711.
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Master of Regional and Community PlanningArchitecture
John W. Keller
Similar to their urban counterparts, rural communities consider preservation of a site based on their most vital economic features. With the growing minority and non-white cultures becoming more predominant in American society, so too has the culture and significance of historic events changed. More emphasis is now on the surrounding environment of those landmarks historically preserved rather than just the landmarks themselves. And in turn with the environment, more grants and awards are passed down to those sites and locations that provide more options to limiting excess space and energy while utilizing them to the fullest potential. Some conflicts still occur in relation to preserving historical integrity with development, but the total consensus is that historic preservation provides economic benefit more than loss.
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Castele, Daniel S. "Designing Within Historic Guidelines: an American Epidemic." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554211323496614.
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Kim, Ho-Jeong 1972. "The search for 'Kulturpalast' in the historic core of Dresden, Germany." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67529.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (p. 53).
The Kulturpalast is located in the middle of Dresden's historic core, the result of socialist expressions of monumentality and modernity. It has served as a major congress center in Dresden for more than thirty years. As Dresden's new congress center rises up on the bank of the Elbe between Marienbrucke bridge and the Saxon Parliament Buildings by the year 2000, Kulturpalast will be converted into a concert hall and house Dresden's Philharmonic Orchestra. This thesis focuses on the design of a new Kulturpalast as an activator of two public spaces of Dresden - Altmarkt and Neuemarkl. This is an inquiry into how this building should be shaped by its urban context, and how it should contribute to the urban character of these neighboring public spaces. Cultural activities should be brought towards the building's periphery to bring new meaning to these public spaces and to create an architectural coherence. The urban and architectural design of the concert hall complex is guided by three design principles. First, the complex attempts to construct a pedestrian transition between the neighboring Altmarkt and Neuemarkl. Secondly, the complex represents a hybrid as it meshes the object-like concert hall into a continuous urban fabric. And third, the complex aims to invent and frame new visual relationships of its urban surroundings.
by Ho-Jeong Kim.
M.Arch.
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Jakucyk, Jeffrey. "A Study on the Preservation of the Historic Façade." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053363872.
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Mintoff, E. "An urban renewal study for the historic city of Valetta." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371775.
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Mann, Christine Toler 1946. "Binghampton Rural Historic District, a study of an urban neighborhood's attempt to gain historic district status." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277896.
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The River Bend neighborhood should be preserved as Binghampton Rural Historic District because it is a vestige of the Mormon colony of Binghampton and because it preserves part of the farming history of the Tucson basin. It reflects the pattern of both Mormon agrarian colonization and western settlement. Reminders of the original Mormon farmers exist in the form of fence lines, tree lined roads, orchards, and irrigation ditches. Unpaved, straight streets are aligned with the cardinal directions. The clustering of buildings in a comparatively large open space is characteristic of the spatial arrangement of rural Mormon landscapes. A survey of residents indicates a majority support the petition to become a historic district, but rezoning is a political process which will require the neighborhood to use a multi-faceted approach to achieve protection.
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Yarwood, John R. "Al Muharraq : architecture, urbanism and society in an historic Arabic town." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1988. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2994/.
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Peters, Philip. "Historical cultural memory celebrated through architecture." This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2006. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Zhang, Yi. "Xi'an Muslim Quarter opportunities and challenges for public participation in historic conservation /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42188908.
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Larson, Julia. "Understanding a Historic Downtown as a “New” Vernacular Form: Immigrant Influence in Woodburn, Oregon." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19297.
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What does historic preservation mean in a historic downtown with a long-standing immigrant population? With 90% of the business owners in the historic downtown identifying as Latino, Woodburn, Oregon presents the convergence of historic preservation advocates and Latino business owners. Some stakeholders view historic preservation as maintenance to preserve what exists, while some view preservation as restoring a building to its build date aesthetics. This thesis addresses what the field of preservation and the stakeholders in Woodburn value and how that causes conflicts when dealing with preservation efforts. The main method employed for study in this thesis was collection of qualitative data through interviewing historic preservation advocates, city officials, and Latino business representatives. By understanding Woodburn as an example of a “new” vernacular form, the analysis explores how the community of Woodburn can negotiate its regional dynamics to create a local distinctiveness, which includes a many-layered historical narrative.
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Gary, Rodney D. "Incorporating new technologies in the rehabilitation of historic buildings." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22398.
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Hostetler, Rachelle. "Fantasy, Leisure, and Labor: A Story of Temple Terrace's Historic Architecture." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3155.
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The purpose of this project is to explore how the community planning and style of housing of Temple Terrace Estates embodies the socio-economic conflicts inherent to the United States in the 1920s. To account for missing narratives, I will approach this research from a critical cultural perspective. I chose this approach as a way to investigate the power dynamics in the city during the time it was known as Temple Terrace Estates Inc. The Estates attracted investors by encouraging northerners to purchase a Mediterranean Revival or Spanish Colonial style villa in conjunction with a parcel of a large orange grove, which would be tended by paid laborers. The rigorous nostalgia for a colonial past resulted in marginalization of the laboring class and a loss of their voice in history. Thus, my objective is to bring attention to unrepresented experiences that exist within a dominant narrative
The following chapters outline the history of Temple Terrace Estates, examine primary sources, and discuss my experience of living in the city. They also explain the theories and methods I use in the analysis such as space/place theory, critical cultural theory, and suburban theory. I tell the story of the conception and construction of The Estates as part of the story of Tampa, Florida, and the United States during the 1920s. Next, I examine the presence of both domestic and agricultural labor in the Estates and discuss the inherent exclusion of laborer's voices in the city's history. I analyze maps, ads, marketing, newspaper thesiss, housing styles, and agricultural practices of the Estates.
Knowledge of the city's past provides a way to create meaning in contemporary issues such as historic preservation, crime, and education in the city. Addressing social inequality and implied violence in the history of labor at the Estates might strengthen current accusations of continued racism. However, the omission of the voices of laborers also perpetuates secrecy and mistrust. If Temple Terrace's recent initiative toward historic status is to succeed, there must be support from the community. Scholars and community members of Temple Terrace must acknowledge the continual re-production and re-presentation of the past with a more inclusive narrative. This study demonstrates that the application of critical cultural theory has relevant application today in its ability to diffuse current conflict and aid in historic preservation. Inclusive narratives of the past can help produce safer and more beautiful more beautiful communities for the future.
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Al, Abdaly Al Shareef Sharaf Nasir. "Housing in the historic and religious centre of Makkah." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.256260.
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Hayes, Dawn Michelle. "Archaeological and Historic Preservation in Tampa, Florida." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4901.
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For archaeological or historic preservation to occur, there must be public support for it. This research examines historic and archaeological preservation in the Tampa Bay area of Florida through the use of selected case studies. It analyses opinions about archaeology and preservation from members of the general public and members of two groups focused on historic preservation and archaeology. Data were collected from interviews, surveys, archival research, and participant observation, and analyzed to determine the public's definition of archaeology, possible origins of people's interest in preservation, and the extent to which people's interest in either archaeology or historic preservation extends to the other.
This research also looks at the context in which the study population is living. I look at the attempts at preservation in the area and the competing influences on those attempts, as well as the laws that affect the sites. I use the findings to make suggestions for increasing people's support of archaeology and preservation.
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Gharib, Remah Younis. "Revitalising historic Cairo : examining the public policy formulation and implementation." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2010. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11520/.
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Historic Cairo is one of the major World Heritage sites due to the massive amount of built heritage and traditional societies it embraces. Since the 1980s, the historic quarters of Cairo have undergone many preservational efforts either by the local government or international organisations. Plenty of resources are being poured into the urban revitalisation process. However, with less significant outcomes except for two or three examples undertaken by non-governmental bodies. On the other hand, several policies have been generated by the government to facilitate the revitalisation of Historic Cairo with its different quarters;nevertheless, the majority continue to be ineffective and unhelpful to the local communities. The focus of this study is to examine how the government revitalizes the historic quarters,what are the policies generated during the last three decades, who are the key players in the implementation process, and what are the major challenges. This study is addressed through a qualitative, quantitative and narrative analysis with the users, officials and contributors to the process of revitalising Historic Cairo, especially Al-Gamalia and Darb Al Ahmar Quarters. The study will show the implementation of government policies in relation to the 1980 UNESCO Plan, 1997 UNDP/Supreme Council of Antiquities, and 1997 Aga Khan Trust for Culture programs for revitalising Old Cairo´s quarters. The study reveals the neglected challenges toward the communities´ rights and the revitalisation efforts focuses more on the preservation of single buildings without a comprehensive methodology of urban revitalisation and sustainable development.
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Komas, Tanya Wattenburg. "Historic building documentation in the united states, 1933-2000: the historic american buildings survey, a case study." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2295.
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The objective of the study was to gain new insight into archival building documentation
in the United States since 1933 focusing on Historic American Buildings Survey
(HABS) as a case study. It sought to help explain how individuals with different levels
of involvement with the HABS program, and throughout its entire history, understood
the development, current operational context, and future direction of HABS. Seven
general philosophical and practical issues were explored: 1) how HABS documentation
standards were understood and applied, 2) the relative values of the process and products
of documentation, 3) the understanding and application of the objective and subjective
natures of the documentation process, 4) whether the mission of the program had
changed with changes in the operation of the program since its inception, 5) the role of
technology in the process of HABS documentation and how it shapes the end products,
6) defining broader historical epochs with the goal of adding to existing understandings
of the history of the program, and 7) the causes and effects of HABS drawing style
changes over time.
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Legnér, Mattias. "Regeneration, Quarterization and Historic Preservation in Urban Sweden : Norrköping, 1970-2010." Högskolan på Gotland, Avdelningen för Kulturvård, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-287.
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Dinu, Popa Emil Alexandru. "The energetic retrofit of historic masonry buildings : focus on Central and Northern Europe." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2010. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/54.
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40% of the total energy consumed in Europe is consumed by building operation and usage (Itard, et al., 2008). In the temperate climate of central and northern Europe, a significant proportion of this consumption is attributed to building heating during the winter months. Although recent trends in European legislation favor an increase in thermal efficiency of building enclosures for new constructions, the majority of the building stock consists of buildings built to a lower standard of energy efficiency.
Over 56 % of the building stock in the central and northern European countries was built before 1970, when the first building energy efficiency regulations were adopted across Europe (Itard, et al., 2008). Even if current regulations require significant energy efficiency measures (EnEV 2009 in Germany requires a maximum heating energy consumption of 50 kWh/m2a) and the trend is to increase the standards even more, a vast portion of the building stock will have been built to much lower standards. Retrofitting existing buildings represents thus a priority, if a significant reduction in energy usage for buildings is to be achieved. There is a great opportunity in tackling this problem, especially when keeping in mind the fact that most of these inefficient building require significant renovation measures, as the lifespan of their systems comes to an end
The case of historic masonry buildings across Europe is especially relevant, as they pose special challenges related to the historic preservation of facades and even interiors. It is thus the aim of the present research to compile a set of principles and technologies that can be used for the thermal retrofit of historic buildings.
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Yüceer, Hülya İpekoğlu Başak. "An evaluation of interventions in architectural conservation:new exterior additions to historic buildings/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2005. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezlerengelli/doktora/mimarlik/T000362.pdf.
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Thesis (Doctoral)--İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 2005.Keywords:Architectural conservation,architectural additions, historic buildings, restoration. Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 211-219).
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Urban, Florian. "The invention of the historic city : building the past in East Berlin, 1970-1990." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34414.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-382).
The idea of a "historic city" is a rather recent phenomenon. As a conceptual framework, it evolved over the course of the 1970s and 1980s from the intellectual foundations of modernist urban design. This is especially well illustrated in East Berlin, where a heterogeneous group of politicians, architects, and scholars called for an urban environment that provides the individual experience of historicity. Their ideas were most prominently infused in a series of showcase projects built during the 1980s. For the celebration of Berlin's 750th anniversary in 1987, some of the long-despised late-19th-century tenement neighborhoods were remodeled and fitted out with the insignia of historic every-day life. In addition, a number of representative architectural ensembles were built that made use of different historic styles. The invention of the historic city collapsed the memories of different historic periods into a generic notion of "the past." This process relied on a specific elasticity of the language employed by designers and theorists. Over the course of the 1970s and 1980s, terms such as preservation or reconstruction retained a positive connotation while simultaneously time undergoing a radical change in meaning. In the same way, the quasi-biological conception of the city as a body with a life cycle, where "obsolete" neighborhoods had to be regularly demolished, was gradually suspended. Through both remodeling and new construction, the East German leaders and their collaborators initiated a renaissance of once neglected neighborhoods, which after the German reunification became prime locations for upscale housing and retail.
(cont.) Construction policy before and after the German reunification therefore has to be seen as a continuous development rather than a break. Despite the different political and economic system in the German Democratic Republic, East Berlin design politics during the 1970s and 1980s paralleled the approaches in Western countries, where real and imagined urban history was increasingly commodified and marketed to local elites and tourists. The historic city also became the conceptual background for a widely practiced exegesis of historic residues, through which Berlin's middle classes claimed social and political legitimacy.
by Florian Urban.
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Chwiecko, Nancy A. "Residential renovation : architecture, history, and interior design /." Online version of thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10152.
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Diaz, Joaquin. "The adaptive reuse of historic urban late industrial buildings." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2801.
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It is the intent of this thesis to provide adaptive intervention that respects and preserves the significant features of historic urban late industrial buildings while enhancing their cultural and economic role within the city that developed around them.
The Dinner Key Boat Yard, in Coconut Grove, will be used to demonstrate the conclusions of this study. Research into the practice and philosophies of historic preservation, and the local history; will be used to identify the attributes of historic value in the case site. An analysis of the surrounding area and case studies of parallel precedence will be used to determine a viable reuse program. The synthesis of this information will determine the new intervention.
The resulting programmatic elements selected for the case site, museums, boat yard, restaurant, and pedestrian connector, are formally expressed to reflect the development, evolution, and public benefits of technology in late industrial society.
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Ruhland, Sarah L. "The fragility of significance the rise and fall of the Cannon Ball House /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 47 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1338866231&sid=9&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Echter, Claus-Peter. "Die Denkmaltopographie als Erfassungsinstrument und kulturgeschichtliches Unternehmen /." Berlin : Dt. Inst. für Urbanistik, 2006. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014735382&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Southard, Joseph M. "Urban Densification: The Incremental Development of Cincinnati and the re-appropriation of its Historic Urban Fabric." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367941281.
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Alexander, Jason Philip. "Conflict in Adair Park: preserving neighborhood architecture and history and building affordable housing." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34831.
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The Adair Park neighborhood in southwest Atlanta was designed as a residential enclave for working class whites that has evolved to what it is today: an area primarily inhabited by low-income minorities. Many of its residents have worked to preserve the area's distinctive architectural heritage. Low housing values and vacancies have attracted affordable housing developers such as the Atlanta affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. In response to specific plans for the development of affordable housing in the area, members of Adair Park organized themselves to petition the City of Atlanta to adopt architectural standards that preserved the existing housing stock, and ensured that any new construction would be compatible with the neighborhood's architectural character. This study explores the tensions between inner-city communities and affordable housing developers in the quest for affordable and architecturally significant neighborhoods. The conclusions from this research suggest that the desire of predominately low-income neighborhoods to preserve the architecture character of historically significant neighborhoods may be firmly rooted in middle class aspirations and values. Moreover, the conclusions from this research also suggest non-profit housing developers should consider these attitudes prior to constructing affordable housing in predominately low-income neighborhoods.
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Stavreva, Brigita. "New vs Old: New Architecture of Purpose in Old Settings." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78392.
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New architecture will invariable be placed next to the old architecture because cities and human settlements last for generations and as humans and tribal species we invariably congregate and build new buildings to live-in, work-in and entertain in. Thus we create cities from ever increasing smaller settlements. And the city is the playground where the new merges with that which has been built already – merging the new and the old.
Old town Alexandria is one such place where new and old exist side by side. There is no question that new architecture will be built. The questions are only what the new architecture will look like? What will it's existence respond to and what issues we as a society will choose to tackle with new architecture, if any. Will the new architecture and particularly infill architecture convey a purpose and meaning to rival that of its time-tested historic neighbors? And how the meaning and purpose be achieved in new architecture?
This thesis explores the topic of new/ infill architecture finding place in historic districts in particular - Old Town Alexandria Historic District and Parker-Gray district. What has been the approach that has dictated the image and purpose of new architecture in historic districts in Alexandria? And can the new architecture have meaning and purpose all its own to rival that of its predecessors.Master of Science
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Sniderman, Julia. "An adaptation of visitor employed photography to study enivironmental [sic] perceptions in the historic/cultural landscape a case study of the Bristol, Rhode Island Historic District /." [Madison, Wisc.] : Univ. of Wisconsin-Madision, 1986. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/15358719.html.
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Brown, David. "Historic wrought iron minor architectural details in Lincolnshire : their development and conservation." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2012. http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/6801/.
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This research examines the hypothesis that more historic wrought iron minor architectural details (for example hinges, latches and brackets) survive than is often realised. It proves that they are often some of the oldest material in a building, having specific characteristics which are the result of their working and which influence design. Consequently, special consideration needs to be given to their conservation. They also demonstrate the skills of many unknown artisans who deserve greater recognition and appreciation for their roles in the country’s architectural and social history. The work is divided into three parts. The first part examines the development of the blacksmith’s craft, referring specifically to minor architectural details, the materials from which they were made, design development and the individuals involved in the craft. The second is a survey of a representative sample of extant historic ironwork details in Lincolnshire, examining their age, type and style, with an overview of their condition. The third is an evaluation of past and present methods of conservation of this material. The appendices show illustrations of some of the items discussed, and a gazetteer of historic ironwork identified in the survey. The original funding for this study was specifically for research in a field concerned with historic crafts or materials, with particular reference to Lincolnshire. It therefore concentrates on extant examples of wrought ironwork in the county from c1200 AD to c1860 AD, principally the work of individual craftsmen prior to their increased absorption into mass production industries. The significant role played by Cistercian monks and lay brothers of Lincolnshire monasteries in the development of the craft is considered, and some of the few records of Lincolnshire smiths which survive in local archives are examined, producing a greater insight into their involvement in this work than has been published previously.
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Braat, Sylvie Anne Ingrid. "On sensory experience of historic architecture : an empirical review of sensory perceptions in historic buildings, aiming to inform their conservation process." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2725.
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This thesis studies people’s sensory perceptions of historic architecture, exploring the physical triggers for such experience, and connecting these with what can and should be maintained through building conservation. Sensory design is a developing field in architecture. The research argues that this approach can inform people’s understanding of the architectural experience of historic buildings, which in current discourse are predominantly considered for their associated ‘cultural significances’. People’s affinity to (historic) buildings is initiated by a response through the senses. This research advocates that establishing the triggers for such sensory response should be the main focus of the initial assessment of a building for conservation. From the review of changing approaches to building conservation, and exploration of sensory perception and sensory design, the research concludes people’s experiential perceptions have not been structurally considered in the appraisal of historic buildings. The methodology entailed the empirical development of a suitable assessment format, through performing initial on-site surveys that generated data to be added to those of a final sensory assessment, covering three buildings. Buildings were assessed according to Gibson’s sensory systems of visual, auditory, haptic, olfactory/gustatory and orientational perception, as well as with a comprehensive multisensory focus. Evidence from the data retrieved through this research indicates that the sensory assessment is a useful, informative and exciting addition to any architectural survey in building conservation practice. Such rich information will provide guidance and clarity to decision processes, to assist in retaining the affinity as the building’s physical relevance for the future. The research makes an original contribution to knowledge through the combination of two areas of study; through the application of sensory perception to understand historic buildings; and, in demonstrating that a sensory assessment has true potential as a suitable approach to the issue in practice.
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O'Connor, Michael. "Lincoln Cathedral : the evolving perception and practice of care in an historic masonry structure." Thesis, De Montfort University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4249.
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MacLaury, Maria Isabel 1953. "La Placita: Vantages of urban change in historic Tucson." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292057.
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Cognition and social values prevail in urban evolution. Analysis of these values reconstruct an era that has largely vanished; the context is historic downtown Tucson, and the significance is the Mexican enclave that had La Placita as its social focus. The historical evolution and the urban character of La Placita and its surrounding barrio is documented with emphasis on the social meaning of its change. A newly developed cognitive theory of vantages and coordinates provides a model to depict the viewpoints that defined urban development in Tucson. The analysis of personal viewpoint provides a statement of the manner that social values and cognition shaped architecture and urban change throughout the years of growth in the center of Tucson.
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Teket, Zeynep Gülden Turan Hamamcıoğlu Mine. "Refunctioning of old tanneries in Kuşadası, Aydın/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2006. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezler/master/mimarirestorasyon/T000534.pdf.
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Davis, J. Marshall. "Vernacular house types in Indiana : an expanded methodology for the Indiana historic sites and structures inventory." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/722783.
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The purpose of this thesis is to propose a methodology for documenting historic vernacular houses in Indiana through the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. The inventory, or survey, is an essential and primary component of historic preservation. With roughly one half of Indiana's counties remaining to be surveyed, there is great opportunity to improve the quality and usefulness of the surveys as scholarship regarding the built environment advances.The thesis examines the definitions of vernacular architecture and sets forth a working definition which is fairly broad in scope. Vernacular house types found in Indiana are enumerated, described, and illustrated.The thesis then examines Indiana's methodology for documenting historic vernacular houses, and it makes recommendations, based on methodologies from other states, for positive charges.This thesis proposes an interdisciplinary approach to conductingsurveys of historic vernacular houses. It draws heavily from related fields such as folklore and material culture studies as well as from several years of experience working CX1 survey projects.The thesis also examines settlement patterns in Indiana and other cultural, building-shaping factors. The thesis is intended to serve as a guide to the vernacular house types in Indiana for use by field surveyors.Department of Architecture
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Martinho, da Silva Isabel. "Historic anthropogenic factors shaping the rural landscape of Portugal's Interior Alentejo." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289759.
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European rural landscapes are currently going through a process of degradation. In some regions, degradation arises via the intensification and industrialization of agricultural practices. On others, it results from the extensification of farming or even from its abandonment. This process, which leads to environmental and cultural loss, has been raising concerns about the preservation of European rural landscapes. But, while some conservation measures have already been enacted, the preservation of European rural landscapes faces several problems. One of the main difficulties results from the lack of knowledge about the process of landscape change, as this knowledge is fundamental to control landscape evolution. Within this context, this work brings some knowledge about the evolution of rural landscapes in Interior Alentejo, a region located in southern Portugal. Interior Alentejo is currently going through a process of landscape degradation via the extensification and abandonment of farming practices. The main rural landscapes identified in the region are: forest, montado, permanent crop landscapes, and open fields. Under permanent crop landscapes are classified orchards, olive groves, vineyards, mixed farming areas and tree coplanted fields. This dissertation describes the historic evolution of Interior Alentejo rural landscape from pre-history to present times. This study reveals the emergence of each landscape type and their main changes throughout history. At the same time, it allows the identification of the main anthropogenic factors of landscape change, and corresponding rules of action. To evaluate the effect of the interaction between anthropogenic factors and the main ecological factor varying in the region (soil fertility), the landscape evolution in counties with low and high soil fertility has been studied separately. Cultural heritage, political stability, the market, policies, social structure, population density, and technology have been the main anthropogenic factors of landscape change in Interior Alentejo. Knowledge about their rules of action, i.e., about their effect on the landscape, might be used to predict landscape changes and to control the process of landscape evolution.
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Du, Toit Ina. "The hidden life of Montrose : strategies for building in an historic environment." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13160.
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Includes bibliographical references.Densifying within an already built-up, existing city inevitably brings up the question of how to build within an existing built environment, such as Cape Town, where many buildings have historic meaning. This dissertation explores this question and ultimately argues that we should use the spaces and buildings that we have more effectively, rather than searching for greenfield sites outside the city where we can build from scratch. I see buildings as existing in time and having a life of their own – this means that they can accommodate different uses and occupations throughout their lifetime. I believe the evidence of other uses and previous occupations should not be hidden and that exposing the secret life of buildings will create a richness and complexity in our urban environment. Structures retain time, they exist of layers of time and this should be acknowledged. The emergent themes of architecture as palimpsest, of time and the thinking about sustainability was developed in response to urban sprawl and the disregard of all that went before it; both remnants of modernist policies still evident in the development and expansion of Cape Town. Reusing, renovating, adapting and extending older buildings retain the social and cultural capital embodied in buildings and it is inherently more sustainable because it involves less material use, less transport energy, less energy consumption, less pollution during construction and the reduction of generated landfill waste. The site occupies a large piece of land right next to the historic Leeuwenhof, Waterhof and Welgemeend farm homesteads in the Upper Table Valley. The programme was developed in response to site; both in terms of its current use and its history. It is a design for a satellite campus for the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Hospitality Management School. The historic waterways serve as inspiration for a circulation spine and route connecting and supporting a series of free-standing buildings. The discovery of really thick masonry walls at Montrose serves as inspiration for the principle of using thick masonry walls as another ordering system. Building within an existing environment will become increasingly important as expansion of cities becomes less favourable as less land is available. This dissertation serves as a case study of possible ways to build within an existing environment where some buildings have historic value.
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Redenshek, Julie. "Aesthetic Movement Ideals in Contemporary Architecture: The President Garfield Historic Site Visitors Center." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32856.
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The James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, Ohio includes numerous structures of mid 19th century Victorian Era architecture. After the grounds became a national landmark in 1945, all new additions conformed to the existing historic style. This Thesis proposes that the existing visitors center be relocated from the carriage house to a new structure on site. This new visitor center is sensitive to the existing however, visually different. This architectural position is contradictory to previous additions in the past 50 years. Therefore, to draw a parallel and in an effort to allude to the past, the contemporary visitor center contains the same philosophical ideals of the Victorian reform Aesthetic Movement. Three of those ideals that are present in the visitor center include horizontality, dynamic space and honesty of structure. For the Aesthetes, horizontality was an influence from Japanese design, while the creation of dynamic space was meant to create an emotional response. Honesty of structure meant that a building should posses a clear and evident expression of its structural system and materials. In other words, using materials for their own sake. Even though over one hundred years have passed since the beginning of the Aesthetic Movement, this thesis is an exploration and continuation of those main ideals into contemporary architecture.Master of Architecture
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Facchini, Marco <1984>. "Stone architecture in Carso plateau. Settlement patterns and construction techniques of historic buildings." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4527/1/Facchini_Marco_tesi.pdf.
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The use of stone and its types of processing have been very important in the vernacular architecture of the cross-border Carso. In Carso this represents an important legacy of centuries and has a uniform typological characteristic to a great extent. The stone was the main constituent of the local architecture, setting and shaping the human environment, incorporating the history of places through their specific symbolic and constructive language. The primary aim of this research is the recognition of the constructive rules and the values embedded in the Carso rural architecture by use and processing of stone. Central to this investigation is the typological reading, aimed to analyze the constructive language expressed by this legacy, through the analysis of the relationship between type, technique and material.
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Facchini, Marco <1984>. "Stone architecture in Carso plateau. Settlement patterns and construction techniques of historic buildings." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4527/.
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The use of stone and its types of processing have been very important in the vernacular architecture of the cross-border Carso. In Carso this represents an important legacy of centuries and has a uniform typological characteristic to a great extent. The stone was the main constituent of the local architecture, setting and shaping the human environment, incorporating the history of places through their specific symbolic and constructive language. The primary aim of this research is the recognition of the constructive rules and the values embedded in the Carso rural architecture by use and processing of stone. Central to this investigation is the typological reading, aimed to analyze the constructive language expressed by this legacy, through the analysis of the relationship between type, technique and material.
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Kåring, Göran. "När medeltidens sol gått ned debatten om byggnadsvård i England, Frankrike och Tyskland 1815-1914 /." Stockholm : Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademien : Distributör, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1992. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/27874709.html.
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