| Description |
vi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: managing and moderating change / John Worthington -- Sect. 1. Setting the scene. The historic context: principles and philosophies / John Warren. Modern architecture's place in the city: divergent approaches to the historical core / Dennis Sharp. Tradition: the driving force of urban identity / Robert Adam -- Sect. 2. The institutional and public perception. Organizations, charters and world movements - an overview / Jukka Jokilehto. The national interest / Paul Velluet. Historicism and the public perception / Les Sparks. The planner's perspective: a view from the front / Mansell Jagger. Assessing quality: the pertinent criteria for designing buildings in historic settings / Sherban Cantacuzino. Examples of good practice, 1961-98 / Paul Velluet -- Sect. 3. Inside the mind of the designer. From Bauhaus to Boilerhouse / John Wells-Thorpe. Contributing to historic settings without kow-towing / Edward Cullinan |
|
Defining the cultural context of historic buildings / Richard MacCormac. The essential elements in developing new designs for historic settings / Spencer de Grey. Pulling teeth and filling cavities! / John Lyall. A Continental perspective: The second chamber of the Netherlands parliament, de Tweede Kamer, The Hague / Pi de Bruijn. Postscript: conservation through development / John Worthington |
| Summary |
The constraints, opportunities and responses to the problem of siting new buildings in old established locations are discussed in this timely study that is published to provide a forum for debate amongst professionals working in the field |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture and history.
|
|
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
|
|
City planning.
|
|
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
|
| Author |
Taylor, Sue, 1950-
|
|
Warren, John, 1935-
|
|
Worthington, John, 1938-
|
| LC no. |
98223556 |
| ISBN |
0750637382 |
|
