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On altering architecture / Fred Scott.
Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: xviii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415317517
- 9780415317511
- 0415317525
- 9780415317528
- 0203590597
- 9780203590591
- Interior architecture
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration
- Architecture -- Philosophy
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration
- Architecture -- Philosophy
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Interior architecture
- Byggnadsvård
- Inredning
- Arkitekturteori
- Interior architecture
- NA 2850 .S38 2008
Contents:
Summary: Fred Scott brings together ideas that might constitute a theory on interior, or interventional, design. He also explores the philosophy of conservation, preservation and restoration in relation to the evolution of buildings, as well as the social and political issues embedded in these subjects.
Unchanging architecture and the case for alteration -- The literate and the vernacular -- Restoration, preservation and alteration -- Parody and other views -- Parallels to alteration -- Degrees of alteration -- Stripping back -- The process of intervention -- Prohibitions and difficulties -- Some resolutions -- The wider context -- Unfinished.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NA 2850 .S38 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5160764 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unchanging architecture and the case for alteration -- The literate and the vernacular -- Restoration, preservation and alteration -- Parody and other views -- Parallels to alteration -- Degrees of alteration -- Stripping back -- The process of intervention -- Prohibitions and difficulties -- Some resolutions -- The wider context -- Unfinished.
Fred Scott brings together ideas that might constitute a theory on interior, or interventional, design. He also explores the philosophy of conservation, preservation and restoration in relation to the evolution of buildings, as well as the social and political issues embedded in these subjects.
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