The Preservationist's Progress: Architectural Adventures in Conserving Yesterday's Houses - Hardcover

Howard, Hugh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374173036 ISBN 13: 9780374173036

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1991

Synopsis

Discusses the history of "cultural conservation," and gives an account of the people at the forefront of the architectural preservation movement

About this title

From Library Journal:

This book offers architectural restoration and historic preservation through analysis of more than a dozen projects--and the people who are guiding them. The range of personalities of the preservationists, from the flamboyant to the restrained, is as wide as the range of restorations covered here. From a small New England Cape Cod house to a grand home by Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo, New York, Howard reveals that preservation knows many forms but grows from often very personal missions. The author brings to us the sense of struggle and motivation that guides each preservationist. A weakness is the scarcity of photographs and illustrations to enhance such a visual topic. Recommended for academic, museum, and public libraries.
- David Bryant, Belleville P.L., N.J.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0374173036
• ISBN 13: 9780374173036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272