Conservation and Restoration

Explore strategies for the analysis and conservation of earth buildings, including adobe, cob and rammed earth. Richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this book provides an invaluable tool for the conservator, architect and engineer.

Presents a methodology for retrofitting existing commercial buildings in warm climates, using bioclimatic design

Covers various aspects of brickwork and bricklaying practice. This book presents a background to the historical development of the brick, the craft of bricklaying from the 13th century, and describes the process of brick manufacture.

The second of six volumes which offer an in-depth guide to all aspects of brickwork and bricklaying practice, this volume examines the elements of building construction in brick. The text covers both the contemporary and traditional aspects of substructure brickwork.

Offers a look at the various types of structure generally associated with the timber-frame tradition. This title discusses repair techniques, the procedures of investigation, the preliminary survey and the structural survey, followed up by case studies. It features numerous line illustrations and photographs.

First published in 1927, this volume provides a classification of lime and a review of its various uses in building construction and repair. This facsimile edition contains methods, terminology and practices detailed by Cowper which are still valid today.

This study is based on experiments undertaken by the author into the use of pise de terre and other earth based materials. Whilst earth building has not developed significantly in the UK, the sustainable architecture movement has helped stimulate an interest in constructing new earthen buildings.

Suitable for those involved in the repair, maintenance and refurbishment of traditional buildings, this title begins by explaining how traditional structures work and how they are affected by the behaviour of the soil that supports them. It then goes on to explain how the structural design of buildings has to cope with uncertainty.

From Ante- to Zeitgeist, this 'treasury' of principal terms and ideas is a provocative read for the interior design student. Readable and illustrated with over 150 images, it covers topics from the practical to the philosophical.