Loggia, Arquitectura & Restauración (Dec 2019)

The Practical Building Conservation series: evolution & content

  • John Stewart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4995/loggia.2019.11785
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 32
pp. 110 – 115

Abstract

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Practical Building Conservation is a ten volume series that offers comprehensive guidance on a wide range of materials, from glass, timber and metals, to historic concrete. Two foundation volumes frame the books on building materials. Conservation Basics describes the history of conservation, current legal practice and methodology. Building Environment defines the environmental factors affecting composite building systems and how good conservation repairs support sustainable practice. This article explores the genesis of the series, from five small books published in 1988, to the current series with over 5,000 pages. The new work illustrates the evolution of building conservation over recent decades, now promoting holistic interventions based on an assessment of significance, condition and risk. The series refers to conservation practice in England. However, much of the information provided is of generic nature, so is applicable to other contexts.

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