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The multiple Chinese migrations from southeastern China to Southeast Asia have had important implications for both regions. In Southeast Asia this influence can be seen in the architecturally eclectic homes these migrants and their descendants built as they became successful; homes that combined Chinese, European and local influences, especially during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia strives not only to be an informative but also an authoritative bo...

McKay offers conservation practitioners an essential understanding of the traditional forms of construction, covering the use of masonry and brickwork, carpentry and joinery, slating, plumbing and drainage. The book includes: the author's extensive, highly detailed drawings to illustrate the text; useful material on traditional craft practice - essential for undertaking repairs; and explanations of terminology and techniques - simply described.

Kaiserin Elisabeth gehoert zu den aussergewoehnlichsten Persoenlichkeiten der Weltgeschichte. In der ehemaligen Reichshaupt- und Residenzstadt Wien befindet sich eine erstaunliche Fulle von Erinnerungsstatten an die Monarchin. Das typologische Spektrum reicht von Verkehrsflachenbezeichnungen und Benennung von oeffentlichen Gebauden nach der Kaiserin bis zu stimmungstrachtigen Monumenten in Gartenanlagen und Sakralbauten. In dieser Publikation wurden erstmals sowohl die bestehenden und die nicht...

Sounds like a bad horror flick, but, in fact, over the last 100 years, many American lighthouses have been lost -- destroyed by the forces of nature and those of mankind. They are the victims of erosion, storms, earthquakes, war, and government demolition. With each light that burns out, we lose more of our country's treasured maritime history -- tales of shipwrecks, heroic captains, mutiny at sea, countless lives saved. A number of organizations throughout the United States are working to save...

Chinese wallpaper has been an important element of western interior decoration for three hundred years. As trade between Europe and China flourished in the seventeenth century, Europeans developed a strong taste for Chinese art and design. The stunningly beautiful wall coverings now known as `Chinese wallpaper' were developed by Chinese painting workshops in response to western demand. In spite of their spectacular beauty, Chinese wallpapers have not been studied in any depth until relatively r...

An official U.S. government manual on the fine art of preserving and restoring historic buildings includes practical techniques and guidelines from leading experts in their respective fields on repairing old windows, preserving barns, repairing stucco, repointing mortar joints, cleaning historic mas

Connecticut boasts some of the oldest and most distinctive architecture in New England, from Colonial churches and Modernist houses to refurbished nineteenth-century factories. The state's history includes landscapes of small farmsteads, country churches, urban streets, tobacco sheds, quiet maritime villages, and town greens, as well as more recent suburbs and corporate headquarters. In his guide to this rich and diverse architectural heritage, Christopher Wigren introduces readers to 100 places...

This text traces the historical and architectural development of one of the most important but least understood buildings constructed in 18th-century South Carolina.

Volume 2 includes plates and descriptions for Dalpersie house, Aberdeen, Dirleton Castle, Haddington, Doune Castle, Perth, Drochill Castle, Peebles, Dryburgh Abbey, Roxburgh, Dunblane Cathedral, Perth, Dundee, Forfar, Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Dunkeld Cathedral, Perth, Dysart, Fife, Edinburgh, St. Giles' athedral, Trinity College Church, St. Margaret's Well at Restalrig, Edzell Castle, Forfar, Elcho Castle, Perth, Elgin, Elgin Cathedral, Falkland Palace, Fife, Foulis Easter Church, Forfar,...

In Saving South Beach, historic preservation clashes with development as each side vies for control of South Beach. A spectrum of characters are present, from Barbara Baer Capitman, the ailing middle-aged widow who became an evangelist for the Miami Beach Art Deco district, to Abe Resnick, the millionaire Holocaust survivor determined to stop her. From pioneers to volunteers, from Jewish retirees to Cuban exiles, from residents and business owners to developers and city leaders, each adds anothe...

Historic farm buildings form a part of England's varied rural landscape, but 20th-century changes in the methods of agricultural production have led to many entire farmsteads becoming redundant. As the pace of this process has quickened, it has been realized that these buildings preserve evidence which is vital to the history of farming and rural life. This study, based on recording work by the Royal Commission, examines farmsteads in five contrasting areas of England and places them in a nation...

This book helps to recover a usable past. In ""Creating Colonial Williamsburg"", Anders Greenspan examines the restoration and re-creation of the structures and gardens of Virginia's colonial capital beginning in 1926. The restoration was undertaken by the Rockefeller family, whose aim was to promote a twentieth-century appreciation for eighteenth-century ideals. Ironically, those ideals, including democracy, individualism, and representative government, were often promoted at the expense of a m...

Vernacular Architecture: Critical and Primary Sources brings together for the first time a collection of essential and foundational readings in the study of vernacular architecture and the traditional building cultures of the world. Collating scholarly historical texts from the last 200 years from a wide range of sources, this four-volume set offers a key knowledge resource for the field. It creates for the first time a comprehensive framework through which to understand the critical aspects...

This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers through the streets of this once-westernmost German settlement in America, pointing out the log, fachwerk, and stone buildings that housed the town's full-time residents, its weekenders, and the businesses of the nineteenth century. Abundant with details uncovered by Hafertepe in his research, including corrections to construction dates based on newly tapped records, this guide features those bui...

Japan's World Heritage Sites presents the exquisite temples, shrines, gardens, castles and natural wonders found throughout Japan which have now been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This new edition has more convenient size and includes many newly-designated UNESCO sites including:Christian Sites in Nagasaki that tell the extraordinary story of Japan's Christians who continued to practice their faith in secret under penalty of death during Japan's feudal eraMeiji Industrial Sites which tel...