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Twentieth–Century Building Materials – History and Conservation
. Jester
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Description for Twentieth–Century Building Materials – History and Conservation
Paperback. A guide to the materials used in architecture during the past century, as well as tips on building repair and restoration. With more than 200 illustrations, including a full-color photographic essay, it focuses on the history and conservation of modern building materials. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 colour & 188 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1002.
This is a definitive guide to the materials used in architecture during the past century, as well as tips on building repair and restoration. Over the concluding decades of the 20th-century, the historic preservation community increasingly turned its attention to modern buildings, including bungalows from the 1930s, diners from the 1940s, and office buildings and architectural homes from the 1950s. Conservation efforts, however, were often hampered by a lack of technical information about the products used in these structures, and to fill this gap Twentieth-Century Building Materials was developed by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service and ... Read more
This is a definitive guide to the materials used in architecture during the past century, as well as tips on building repair and restoration. Over the concluding decades of the 20th-century, the historic preservation community increasingly turned its attention to modern buildings, including bungalows from the 1930s, diners from the 1940s, and office buildings and architectural homes from the 1950s. Conservation efforts, however, were often hampered by a lack of technical information about the products used in these structures, and to fill this gap Twentieth-Century Building Materials was developed by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606063255
SKU
V9781606063255
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About . Jester
Thomas C. Jester, AIA, formerly an architectural historian with the National Park Service, is an architect at Quinn Evans Architects, where he specializes in historic preservation.
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