Design & historic preservation; the challenge of compatibility.

9780874138313

Design & historic preservation; the challenge of compatibility.

Ed. by David Ames and Richard Wagner.

Univ. of Delaware Press

2009

197 pages

$44.50

Paperback

NA2500

This volume contains papers originally presented during the Third National Forum on Preservation Practice: A Critical Look at Design in Historic Preservation held at Goucher College in March 2002. Topics include blending contemporary and historic design, design standards in changing environments, modernism and postmodernism in preservation design, and engineering and preservation design. The collection contains 13 papers and numerous photographs and illustrations. It was edited by Ames (urban affairs and director, Center for Historic Architecture and Design, U. of Delaware) and Wagner (for whom no attribution is given. It is distributed by Associated University Presses.

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