{"product_id":"the-conservation-movement-a-history-of-architectural-preservation-antiquity-to-modernity-9780415543224","title":"The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation: Antiquity to Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2016 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about, and is its continued general acceptance inevitable?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCertainly, ancient structures have long been treated with care and reverence in many societies, including classical Rome and Greece. But only in modern Europe and America, in the last two centuries, has this care been elaborated and energised into a forceful, dynamic ideology: a 'Conservation Movement', infused with a sense of historical destiny and loss, that paradoxically shared many of the characteristics of Enlightenment modernity. The close inter-relationship between conservation and modern civilisation was most dramatically heightened in periods of war or social upheaval, beginning with the French Revolution, and rising to a tragic climax in the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-century age of totalitarian extremism; more recently the troubled relationship of 'heritage' and global commercialism has become dominant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiles Glendinning's new book authoritatively presents, for the first time, the entire history of this architectural Conservation Movement, and traces its dramatic fluctuations in ideas and popularity, ending by questioning whether its recent international ascendancy can last indefinitely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miles Glendinning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415543224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiles Glendinning\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies. He has published extensively on modernist and contemporary architecture and housing: his books include the award-winning \u003ci\u003eTower Block\u003c\/i\u003e (with Stefan Muthesius), \u003ci\u003eModern Architect\u003c\/i\u003e, on the life and times of Sir Robert Matthew, and \u003ci\u003eArchitecture's Evil Empire, \u003c\/i\u003e a polemical evaluation of contemporary 'iconic modernism'. His current research projects include an in-depth investigation of mass housing in Hong Kong and Singapore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44478675288179,"sku":"9780415543224","price":156.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_76b930b6-5b05-463e-9a2d-91b4697e23f6.jpg?v=1774441219","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-conservation-movement-a-history-of-architectural-preservation-antiquity-to-modernity-9780415543224","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}