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Conserving Buildings: A Manual of Techniques and Materials

by Martin E. Weaver
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780471509448
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 288
  • Original Price: GBP 76.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised
  • Item Weight: 676 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Methods & Materials

The updated paperback edition of Weaver's landmark work--theessential manual on materials and procedures for restoringbuildings

Conserving Buildings, Revised Edition, is the ideal resource foranyone involved in the maintenance, restoration, or rehabilitationof historic buildings. The book combines practical information onthe characteristics, composition, and deterioration of buildingmaterials with detailed coverage of state-of-the-art conservationmethods, fully updated in this edition with current developments inresearch and practice.

The book contains:
* Systematic treatment of all major building materials--stone,ceramics, masonry, cement-based materials, metal, glass, syntheticresins, and polymers
* Valuable instruction on the restoration and renewal offoundations and footings, slate roofing systems, materials, andother structural details
* Easy-to-follow procedures for conducting structural buildingsurveys
* Over 150 photographs and line drawings, plus case studies fromColumbia University's acclaimed Center for Preservation Research
* Newly expanded references, with accessible sources of furtherinformation

Whether used as a hands-on sourcebook or a technical desktopreference, Conserving Buildings, Revised Edition, is the manual ofchoice for architects, engineers, preservation professionals,historic building owners, and students.

MARTIN E. WEAVER is Director of the Center for Preservation Research at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Research in New York City. He has been a practicing restoration and conservation architect and educator for over 30 years, with experience in Europe, Canada, and the United States.

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