The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation: Antiquity to Modernity

by Miles Glendinning

Winner of the 2016 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians.

In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about, and is its continued general acceptance inevitable?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415499992
• ISBN13: 9780415499996
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.9"