Preservation of Modern Architecture
Theodore Prudon
WHY TO BUY
The authoritative guide to the preservation of Modern architecture (roughly
1920s to 1960s) in the United States and abroad.
Author biography
INFORMATION
Theodore H.M. Prudon, Ph.D., FAIA, is a leading expert on the preservation of Modern architecture. A practicing architect and partner of Prudon & Partners, based in New York City, Prudon is the president of DOCOMOMO/US and on the executive committee of
DOCOMOMO International.
Prudon teaches preservation in the school of architecture at Columbia University, and was a principal with Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (1987-1997) and The Ehrenkrantz Gorup & Eckstut (1976-1987).
The acronym DOCOMOMO stands for DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement. Initially founded in 1988 in The Netherlands, there are now DOCOMOMO working parties in over 40 countries. The organization is
dedicated to the study of significant works of Modern Movement architecture, landscape design and urban planning around the world. DOCOMOMO US is the official working party of the United States.
"DOCOMOMO US will host the VIIIth International DOCOMOMO Conference, to be held in 2004 in New York City at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. The conference will interest many disciplines--historians, architects, planners, preservation professionals, and the public -- in an attempt to close the gap that has opened up between architects and preservation professionals in the United States since the 1970s."
ISBN10: 0-471-66294-1
ISBN13: 978-0-471-66294-5
In Store Date: October 27, 2006
Publication Date: November 17, 2006 Price: US$ 75.00 • Photos: B&W: 100 Color:32
• Drawings: B&W: 100 Color:0
Subject: (AR60) Historic Preservation
Field: ARGD00 (Architecture and Design)
Discipline: ARX000 (Architecture)
Subdiscipline: ARX100 (Architecture)
Course: AR0350 (Historic Preservation)
Product Line: (Z1) Architecture/Engineering
Discount Group: (4P) Professional(PL: BFHKRUZ,ISY3)
Bookstore Category: (ARC014000) ARCHITECTURE/Historic Preservation
Editor: (031) Czarnecki, J.
Marketing Manager: (44) Mayhew, Justin
Publisher: (Z1) Amanda Miller
EAN: 9780471662945
UPC: 723812677535
Market Restrictions: World Rights
Rights: Incomplete Rights
Sales handles
• The only professional reference for architects that is specific to the preservation of 2oth century modern architecture.
• Contains relevant case studies of preservation projects in the United States and Europe. • Author is the president of DOCOMOMO/US, an organization committed to the
documentation and preservation of Modern architecture.
• The book will include theory and design issues, as well as issues of technological advances and preservation practice.
Market description
(Please include secondary markets) Architects, engineers interested in preservation.secondary: architectural historians, educators that teach preservation courses.
Preservation of Modern Architecture
Theodore Prudon
About the book
As Modern architecture ages to a point that preservation is necessary, the methods and technology used in preservation have to be carefully considered to maintain the design integrity of the building. This book will be a guide for the professional architect that is interested in a broad background in preservation as a field as well as specific material and technology issues in preservation.
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