Conservation and Restoration

A retro-fit offers many benefits: cutting electricity and heating bills, increasing the resale value of homes, slashing carbon emissions and creating a healthier place to live. This book at: draught-proofing, insulation and damp; ventilation, heating and cooling; electrical efficiency and renewable energy; water use and re-use; and, more.

Conservation of Architectural Ironwork is the first book to provide a complete up-to-date guide to the conservation and maintenance of traditional architectural ironwork.

Architectural conservation professionals, site managers and students within Architecture, Planning, Archaeology and Heritage Studies will find this ambitious study an essential reference to architectural conservation in practice.

Examining the philosophy and practice of the 'authentic' reconstruction of historic buildings.

This book looks at what motivates us to take photographs and at some of the methods of using the camera to do so successfully. Illustrated throughout with examples of good and bad practice, this book sets out techniques and strategies in a simple and straightforward way for those who want to make their photographs of buildings truly effective.

From Ante- to Zeitgeist, this 'treasury' of principal terms and ideas is a provocative read for the interior design student. Readable and illustrated with over 150 images, it covers topics from the practical to the philosophical.