Time Honored: A Global View of Architectural Conservation

Time Honored: A Global View Of Architectural Conservation is a comprehensive survey of the theory, practice and structure of architectural heritage conservation throughout the world. This text offers an argument for why architectural conservation is indispensable to modern life. This book describes the parameters and evolution through a historical context. The book then presents methodical approaches that are used throughout various countries to show how historic preservation in the West is different from conservation and the rest of the world. This illustrated book takes users through 160 photographs, maps, drawings and charts and navigates the global conservation programs, project types and policies. This text is 448 pages.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction.
• Chapter 2: What Is Architectural Conservation?s
• Chapter 3: What Do We Conserve?
• Chapter 4: Why Conserve Buildings and Sites?
• Chapter 5: Who Owns the Past?
• Chapter 6: History, Historiography, and Architectural Conservation.
• Chapter 7: Perils to Built Heritage.
• Chapter 8: Options for Involvement.
• Chapter 9: Principles, Charters, and Ethics
• Chapter 10: The Conservation Process.
• Chapter 11: Participants in Architectural Conservation.
• Chapter 12: Prehistory Through the Fourteenth Century.
• Chapter 13: Fifteenth Through the Eighteenth Centuries.
• Chapter 14: The Forging of a Discipline: The Late Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries.
• Chapter 15: International Activities and Cooperation.
• Chapter 16: A Multidimensional Field for the Twenty-First Century.
• Chapter 17: A Summary Global Tour of Contemporary Practice: Challenges and Solutions.
• Chapter 18: The Past in the Future.