Without Our Past? : A Handbook for the Preservation of Canada's Architectural Heritage / Ann Falkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falkner, Ann, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Conservation and restoration--Canada--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Architecture.

Canada.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Using her experience in various government departments and with several successful building conversation projects, Ann Falkner has written this practical handbook for those concerned about preserving heritage structures.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 'How will we know it's us?'; 2 Government preservation policy; The federal realm; Heritage Canada; The provincial realm; The municipal realm; Conclusions; 3 Surveys; Canadian Inventory of Historic Building (CIHB); Preservation philosophy; 4 Evaluation and selection; Criteria; Evaluation; Listings; Publicity; 5 Acquiring properties: Some means and methods; Means of acquisition; What to acquire; How to acquire; 6 Retain, renew, re-use; The rule; The concept; A renewal or renovation method; Commercial use; Residential use; Special examples of re-use.

7 Adding amenities and ambianceGarden blocks; Warehouse conversion; Commercial blocks; Rehabilitation through subsidized training; Amenities; Creating the ambiance; 8 Show and tell; 'Your' education; 'Their'education; Historical societies and foundations; 9 The wherewithal; A word about costs; The credit side of conservation; Creditable resources; Community fund-raising; Money in action; APPENDIX; Government departments, agencies, and programs; Heritage Canada; Historical societies; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487596828

1487596820

9781487595111

1487595115

OCLC:

1091655602