Architecture Transformed: New Life for Old Buildings - Hardcover

Greer, Nora Richter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1564964566 ISBN 13: 9781564964564

Publisher: Rockport Pub, 1998

Synopsis

"Architecture Transformed: New life for old buildings" is a beautifully illustrated volume documenting today's building preservation efforts from around the world.

Includes more than 300 color photographs, floor plans, and line drawings.

Presents an in-depth look at almost 40 significant projects worldwide located in such places as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Singapore, and the Netherlands.

Features a wide variety of buildings - theaters, museums, corporate headquarters, libraries, and cathedrals.

A valuable resource that gives a sweeping look at the extent and breadth of the movement to preserve architectural heritage.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Architecture Transformed: New life for old buildings" will provide a glimpse at the many ways in which buildings have been preserved over the past decade in the United States and abroad. Some 40 buildings are presented with the technical and architectural issues examined, as well as the human story behind each. Obviously this is just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of buildings have been renovated during this time period. Our attempt is to offer a wide variety of building types and restoration/preservation strategies that demonstrate how significant preservation is today.

About the Author:

Nora Richter Greer is a freelance writer living in Washington, D.C. She was the senior editor of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Forum Publications, and has written two books on housing the homeless, "The Search for Shelter" and "The Creation of Shelter", both published by the Ameriacan Institute of Architects. Ms. Greer is also the author of a recent monograph, "Architecture As Response: Einhorn Yaffee Prescott".

About this edition

• Publisher: Rockport Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1564964566
• ISBN 13: 9781564964564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 191