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Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation

Thomas C. Jester

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Description:In the late 20th century, historic preservationists focused on modern structures like 1930s bungalows, 1940s gas stations, and 1950s office buildings. However, conservation was hindered by a lack of product information. To address this, the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service created 'Twentieth-Century Building Materials' in 1995, now reissued with a new preface by its original editor, Thomas C. Jester. This comprehensive guide, packed with over 250 illustrations, explores the history, manufacturing, and conservation of modern materials like glass block, aluminum, and gypsum board. It's designed for professionals and scholars in related fields. The book, praised as 'invaluable' by the Journal of the Institute of Conservation, features 352 pages, 26 color and 188 black-and-white illustrations, and is published by Getty Publications in 2014.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation. To get started finding Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In the late 20th century, historic preservationists focused on modern structures like 1930s bungalows, 1940s gas stations, and 1950s office buildings. However, conservation was hindered by a lack of product information. To address this, the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service created 'Twentieth-Century Building Materials' in 1995, now reissued with a new preface by its original editor, Thomas C. Jester. This comprehensive guide, packed with over 250 illustrations, explores the history, manufacturing, and conservation of modern materials like glass block, aluminum, and gypsum board. It's designed for professionals and scholars in related fields. The book, praised as 'invaluable' by the Journal of the Institute of Conservation, features 352 pages, 26 color and 188 black-and-white illustrations, and is published by Getty Publications in 2014.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation. To get started finding Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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