Understanding Historic Building Conservation

This book is the first in a series of volumes that combineconservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge oftraditional materials, and structural and constructionalconservation techniques and technology: * Understanding Historic Building Conservation * Materials & Skills in Historic BuildingConservation * Structures & Construction in Historic BuildingConservation The series aims to introduce each aspect of conservation and toprovide concise, basic and up-to-date knowledge for architects,surveyors and engineers as well as for commissioning client bodies,managers and advisors. In each book, Michael Forsyth draws together chapters by leadingarchitects, structural engineers and related professionals toreflect the interdisciplinary nature of conservation work. The books are structured to be of direct practical application,taking the reader through the process of historic buildingconservation and emphasising throughout the integrative teamworkinvolved. This present volume - Understanding Historic BuildingConservation - discusses conservation philosophy and theimportance of understanding the history of a building before makingstrategic decisions. It details the role of each conservation teammember and sets out the challenges of conservation at planninglevel in urban, industrial and rural contexts and in theconservation of designed landscapes. The framework of legislationand charters within which these operate is described and the bookalso provides guidance on writing conservation plans, explains thefundamental issues of costing and contracts for conservation andhighlights the importance of maintenance. Eighteen chapters written by the experts present today'skey issues in historic building conservation: Timothy Cantell,Martin Cherry, Nigel Dann, Peter Davenport, Geoff Evans, KeithFalconer, Colin Johns, Jeremy Lake, Jonathan Lovie, DuncanMcCallum, James Maitland Gard'ner, Martin Robertson, AdrianStenning, David H. Tomback, Giles Waterfield, Philip Whitbourn,John Winter.