ISBN10: 0415468728, ISBN13: 9780415468725, [publisher: CRC Press / Balkema] Hardcover A complete set of 2 oversized hardcovers, NOT ex-library. Weight: 3475g (please note: extra shipping will be required). Both volumes in clean, bright, little-used condition with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound; issued without dust jackets. -- Volume 1: xx + 736 pages, numerous b&w images in text, cd-rom in rear pocket (with minor wear). Gently bumped lower spine corner of the front board (creases - also showing in the lower inner page corners inside the book); boards show scratches and faint handling wear. / Volume 2: xx + pages 737-1547 pages, numerous b&w images in text. Great shape, minor external wear on the boards. -- The successful preservation of an historic building, complex or city depends on the continued use and daily care that come with it. The possibility of continued use depends on the adaptation of the building to modern standards and practice of living, requiring changes in constructional or structural features. Conservation engineering is the process of understanding, interpreting and managing the architectural heritage to safely deliver it to posterity, enhancing private or public utility vis a vis minimum loss of fabric and significance. These two objectives are sometimes conflicting. With increasing global interest in conservation engineering it is essential to open the debate on more inclusive definitions of significance and o ...

ISBN10: 0415468728, ISBN13: 9780415468725, [publisher: CRC Press 2008-07-02] Hardcover
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 0415468728, ISBN13: 9780415468725, [publisher: CRC Pr I Llc] Hardcover 1st edition. 1547 pages. 9.92x7.09x3.15 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]