Twentieth-Century Building Materials - History and Conservation

First published in 1995 as "Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation" by Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. An illustrated version was published in 1995 by McGraw Hill in cooperation with the National Park Service.--ECIP galley.

About the author

Thomas C. Jester, AIA, formerly an architectural historian with the National Park Service, is a senior architect at Quinn Evans Architects, where he specializes in historic preservation.

Summary

A guide to the materials used in architecture during the past century, as well as tips on building repair and restoration. With more than 200 illustrations, including a full-color photographic essay, it focuses on the history and conservation of modern building materials.

Product details

• Authors: . Jester, .. Jester, Thomas C Jester, Thomas C. Jester, Jester Thomas
• Assisted by: Thomas C Jester (Editor), Thomas C. Jester (Editor)
• Publisher: Getty, j.paul, museum publ.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2014
• EAN: 9781606063255
• ISBN: 978-1-60606-325-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications –
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture