Living Buildings

by Insall, Donald

• ISBN13: 9781864701920
• ISBN10: 1864701927
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Images

Summary

Living Buildings celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Donald Insall Associates, the Practice founded by distinguished British architect Donald Insall, a leading exponent in the field of Architectural Conservation. Probably best known for the restoration of

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
Teamwork in an Architectural Practice	p. 12
Buildings Are Alive	p. 26
Organising the Project	p. 46
Assessing the owner's needs	p. 47
Befriending the building	p. 58
Analysis and report	p. 68
Planning the project	p. 76
Working on site: contractors and craftspeople	p. 84
Ten Degrees of Intervention	p. 92
Criteria for care: philosophy in action	p. 93
Day-to-day building care	p. 98
Programmed maintenance	p. 106
Conservation	p. 116
Major repairs	p. 126
Radical improvement	p. 136
Restoration and rebuilding	p. 146
Rehabilitation	p. 158
Reincorporating existing buildings	p. 172
New buildings in context	p. 180
Conservation in a changing historic area	p. 194
Degrees of intervention: a review	p. 208
Intervention: in practice	p. 210
Appendix	p. 222
Trends and issues	p. 224
Living Buildings: the architect's role	p. 228
Awards to projects	p. 262
Photography and drawing credits	p. 267
Index	p. 270
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