Historic preservation for designers. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter B. Dedek.
• Authors: Dedek, Peter B, 1964-
• Contents: Section One: The Preservation FieldChapter 1 Origins: A Brief History of Historic Preservation in the United StatesChapter 2 Government Involvement in Preservation: The Federal and State RolesChapter 3 Local Governments and the Private Sector in Preservation Planning and DesignSection 2: Preservation PracticeChapter 4: What Makes a Property Historic? Identifying, Researching, and Documenting Historic PropertiesChapter 5: Historic Preservation LawChapter 6 From Demolition to Preservation: Divergent Approaches to Managing and Rehabilitating Historic BuildingsChapter 7 A Survey of Historic Building Materials: Their Properties and TreatmentsChapter 8 Common Threats to Historic BuildingsChapter 9 Dating a Historic BuildingSection 3: Preservation DesignChapter 10: Sensitive Rehabilitation and Applying the Secretary of the Interior's StandardsChapter 11: Programming and Managing Historic Design ProjectsChapter 12: Universal Design, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Historic BuildingsChapter 13 Historic Preservation, the Environment, and Green BuildingConclusion: In with the Old, Out with the New: Emerging Trends in Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century.
• Publisher Details: New York : Fairchild Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (432 pages)
• Subjects: 363.690973; Historic preservation -- United States; Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- United States; Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- United States; Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- United States; Interior decoration -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781609019235; 1609019237
• Related ISBNs: 9781609015091
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.