Description
| Product ID: | 9781138326774 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Architecture History, Theory and Preservation |
| Subtitle: | Prehistory to the Middle Ages |
| Authors: | Author: Arleen Pabon-Charneco |
| Page Count: | 382 |
| Subjects: | Theory of architecture, Theory of architecture, History of architecture, Conservation of buildings and building materials, History of architecture, Conservation of buildings & building materials |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Architecture History, Theory and Preservation critically explores the historic development, theoretical underpinnings and conservation practices of architecture. Architecture History, Theory and Preservation critically explores the historic development, theoretical underpinnings and conservation practices of architecture. Complete with 170 full color images, this volume presents architectural and urban examples, from Prehistory to the Middle Ages, chronologically and thematically examining contextual issues that provide each period with distinctive expressions. The special features, structural systems, materials and construction technologies are analyzed, as well as how the international community deals with the task of interpreting and preserving certain historic properties. This publication provides professors and students of architecture, art history, historic preservation and related fields with an integrated view of architecture using historical, theoretical and conservation perspectives. As an architect, architectural historian and preservationist herself, Dr Pabón-Charneco weaves a field of relationships regarding each building, creating a silent yet empowering bridge between past and present. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-11-30 |