Published by UNESCO, 1988
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 264 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is faded/sunned. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Architecture; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 29409. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Seller: Hatt Rare Books ILAB & CINOA, Hägersten, Sweden
Printed wrappers, very fine. Helsinki, Finnish National Commission for UNESCO, 1989. 8vo. 264 pp. Illustrated. Contents: "Restoration of the Manoel Theatre in Valletta, Malta", "Education in the conservation of cultural property", "Ethics in conservation", "Training and education in conservation. A proposal for Nordic cooperation", "Aesthetic versus historical values", "Why is history not historical enough? The responsibility of an art historian", "Estonian manorial architecture. A look at the history, research, problems of use and restoration today", "Traditional and non-traditional in the restoration of architectural monuments in Estonian", "Urban conservation in the Third World", "Recycling old neighbourhoods - international perspectives. Case studies in New York and Paris", "The process of urban improvement", "Maintenance of buildings in Old Porvoo. The interaction betyween time dimension and easthetic form", "The lost genius loci - and how to regain it", "The responsibility of building inspection", "Development of the principles of renovation by the Finnish National Board of Building", "The renovation and restoration of Säätytalo, the former Assembly House of the Estates", "Preservation of a building complex : Villa Rulludden", "The renovation of Stansvik Manor House", "The role of the architectural conservation laboratory", "Structural monitoring", "The structural survey", "Lime, lime mortars and lime colours", "Architectural colours in the early 19th century", "Biodeterioration in wooden material", "Some questions about shingle roofs", "Transfer of 'Paradise'", "Air pollution and cultural heritage", "Deterioration of old brickwork due to salt effects", "Architectural conservation in cold climates", "Restoration plan for Fort Slava", "Climatic conditions in medieval churches. Deterioration due to central heating". - - - 32 papers on the practice and theory of building conservation, submitted to a conference organised by the Helsinki University of Technology Centre for Continuing Education and the National Finnish Board of Antiquities in collaboration with ICCROM. - - - (Suomen Unesco-toimikunnan julkaisuja / Publications of the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO, 48.).