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Living with History focuses on a particular aspect of heritage preservation in the twentieth century: destruction and postwar reconstruction in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and The Netherlands. This book establishes a status quaestionis for the historiography of wartime and postwar preservation, and sets these particular developments in preservation history in the context of the general evolution of architecture and urbanism. The authors investigate the specific role of conservationists and heritage institutions and administrations in the overall reconstruction and examine the part played by architects and planners in heritage preservation.
The book continues to provide the ability to approach restoration of historic architecture in a methodical way starting from basic concepts in terminology. In the different chapters will be addressed the theoretical aspects of restoration from Critical Restoration to Pure Conservation, with Critical Conservative Restoration, the maintenance/repair pristine-state, and Reconstruction, with some practical examples in Italy and Europe. The current trends in Restoration is presented in different countries, from the Second World War, in different conception and through its main protagonists. The principal Charters of Restoration will be described and studied. With contributions by Susana Mora Alonso-Muñoyerro, Cecilia Antonini Lanari Julià Esteban Chapapría, Antoni González Moreno-Navarro Alfonso Jiménez Martín, Paul Mahringer, Nigel Walter, Graziella Del Duca
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Describes the history of the Celestine priory at Leuven from the early 16th century to its conversion to a university science library in the early 21st century by architect Rafael Moneo.