Library Record
Metadata
Object Type |
Book |
Title |
Dictionary of Building Preservation |
Author |
Bucher, Ward |
Summary |
Contains more than 10,000 entries that cover the breadth of building preservation in North America. Provides definitions of terms used for buildings, parts of buildings, the development of historic structures, technical standards, relevant legal terminology, and preservation practice. Also provides detailed information on various historical styles and fashions; structural, mechanical, and electrical systems; and current restoration techniques.x |
Call No. |
NA31 .D55 1996 |
Publisher |
Preservation Press |
Publication/Copyright Date |
c1996 |
Additional Author(s) |
Madrid, Christine |
Subjects |
Historic preservation--Dictionaries Architecture--Dictionaries Building--Dictionaries Architecture--Conservation and restoration |
Notes |
Edited by Ward Bucher. Illustration editor, Christine Madrid. Nominated for the 1997 Historic Preservation Book Prize (by Mary Washington College)--label inside front cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-560). |
ISBN |
0-471-14413-4 |
Object ID # |
2005.003.0058 |