Titre et auteur:

Context : new buildings in historic settings / edited by John Warren, John Worthington, Sue Taylor.

Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 1998.

Description:

vi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : managing and moderating change / John Worthington -- sect. 1. Setting the scene: The historic context : principles and philosophies / John Warren. Modern architecture's place in the city : divergent approaches to the historical core / Dennis Sharp. Tradition : the driving force of urban identity / Robert Adam -- sect. 2. The institutional and public perception: Organizations, charters and world movements : an overview / Jukka Jokilehto. The national interest / Paul Velluet. Historicism and the public perception / Les Sparks. The planner's perspective : a view from the front / Mansell Jagger. Assessing quality : the pertinent criteria for designing buildings in historic settings / Sherban Cantacuzino. Examples of good practice, 1961-98 / Paul Velluet -- sect. 3. Inside the mind of the designer: From Bauhaus to boilerhouse / John Wells-Thorpe. Contributing to historic settings without kow-towing / Edward Cullinan. Defining the cultural context of historic buildings / Richard MacCormac. The essential elements in developing new designs for historic settings / Spencer de Grey. Pulling teeth and filling cavities! / John Lyall -- A continental perspective : the second chamber of the Netherlands parliament, de Tweede Kamer, The Hague / Pi de Bruijn. Postscript : conservation through development / John Worthington.

Résumé:

The constraints, opportunities and responses to the problem of siting new buildings in old established locations are discussed in this timely study that is published to provide a forum for debate amongst professionals working in the field.

Ressources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0750637382 (paperback)
9780750637381 (paperback)

Sujet:

Architecture and history.
Historic buildings Conservation and restoration.
City planning.
Architecture et histoire.
Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration.
Baudenkmal
Bausubstanz
Denkmalpflege
Neubau
Stadtplanung
Aufsatzsammlung

Classification/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Vedettes secondaires:

Warren, John, 1931 April 25-
Worthington, John, 1938-
Taylor, Sue, 1950-
Warren, John, RIBA

New buildings in historic settings

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 203783
Cote: NA2543.H55 C69 1998
Statut: Disponible