The challenge of change : dealing with the legacy of the modern movement / edited by Dirk van den Heuvel ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International DOCOMOMO Conference, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Heuvel, Dirk van den, 1968-

International Working-Party for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement.

Conference Name:

International DOCOMOMO Conference (10th : 2008 : Rotterdam, Netherlands)

International DOCOMOMO Conference.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modern movement (Architecture)--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.

Modern movement (Architecture).

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Congresses.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (568 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

At head of title : Proceedings of the 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Conservation of architecture - and the conversation of modern architecture in particular - has assumed new challenges. Rather than attempting to return a modern building to its resumed original state, the challenge of these proceedings is to revalue the essence of the manifold manifestations of modern architecture and redefine its meanings in a rapidly changing world of digital revolution, worldwide mobility and environmental awareness. This volume aims to provide a variety of platforms for the exchange of ideas and experience. A large, international group of architects, historians, scholars,

Contents:

Title page; Contents; Modern Architecture is Durable: Using Change to Preserve; Introduction; Change and Continuity 1; Change and Continuity 2; Change and Continuity 3; Change and Continuity 4; Cities and Landscape 1; Cities and Landscape 2; Shifts in Programe and Flexibility 1; Shifts in Programe and Flexibility 2; Education in Transformation; Technology, Progress and Sustainability 1; Technology, Progress and Sustainability 2; Short Papers. Change and Continuity; Restructuring Cities and Landscape; Shifts in Programe and Flexibility; Education in Transformation

Technology, Progress and SustainabilityExhibition; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-96863-3

9786611968632

1-4416-0159-7

600-00-1188-1

1-60750-371-9

OCLC:

491261525