Powers of Preservation New Life for Historic Structures

Name: Powers of Preservation New Life for Historic Structures
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ISBN: 9780070433946

ISBN-10: 0070433941

ISBN-13: 9780070433946

Edition: 1998

Authors: Arthur C. Moore

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Arthur Moore draws on his more than 30 years of experience, and hundreds of successfully completed projects, in preservation, restoration, adaptive reuse, and urban design to show what works and what doesn't.

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.530

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Adaptation	p. 1
Canal Square, Washington, D.C.	p. 1
The Foundary, Washington, D.C.	p. 8
The Cairo Hotel, Washington, D.C.	p. 11
Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, Brooklyn, New York	p. 15
The Old Post Office, Washington, D.C.	p. 20
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.	p. 28
The Car Barn, Washington, D.C.	p. 30
The Ford Plant Project, Alexandria, Virginia	p. 34
Star Carpet Works, Washington, D.C.	p. 40
Reflections	p. 53
Restoration	p. 55
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Charleston, South Carolina	p. 56
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.	p. 59
The U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.	p. 71
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.	p. 77
Reflections	p. 82
Preparing for Downtowns	p. 87
The architecture of the absurd	p. 87
The challenge of fakery	p. 96
Visions of the future/the syntax of the city	p. 106
Downtowns	p. 115
Charleston, South Carolina	p. 115
Nashville, Tennessee	p. 121
York, Pennsylvania	p. 126
Rockville, Maryland	p. 130
Fort Wayne, Indiana	p. 132
Petersburg, Virginia	p. 135
Columbus, Georgia	p. 139
An Alternative to Washington's Downtown Urban Renewal Plan	p. 144
Winston-Salem, North Carolina	p. 148
Corning, New York	p. 153
Baltimore, Maryland	p. 156
Reflections	p. 160
City Preservation	p. 173
National Airport	p. 173
The Kennedy Center Steps and Promenade	p. 176
The D.C. Temporary contemporary	p. 179
Maryland Avenue housing	p. 181
Rosslyn waterfront, Arlington, Virginia	p. 185
The City observation tower/Old Post Office Building	p. 188
The White House fence	p. 190
The D.C. convention center	p. 195
Reflections	p. 198
Expansions	p. 201
Permissive discontinuity	p. 203
Preservation in the avant-garde	p. 209
New leadership	p. 211
The new preservation	p. 212
Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 223
About the Author	p. 229
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