Clay Lancaster's KentuckyArchitectural Photographs of a Preservation Pioneer

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If You're Going to Live in the Country

If You're Going To Live In The Country This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting t…

Historic Preservation for Professionals

A broad-based approach to preservation After completing an extensive survey of preservation programs throughout the United States, authors Virginia O. Benson and Richard Klein saw the need for this comprehensive approach to historic preservation, examining where it has been and where it is going, anticipating that historic preservation must encourage collaborative projects among planning, de…

Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934

A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought …

Bell's CathedralsThe Cathedral Church of Rochester

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DedicationThe Work of William P. Ginther, Ecclesiastical Architect

An illustrated compendium of a prolific designer of Ohio churches Akron-based architect William P. Ginther (1858–1933) designed sixty-three Roman Catholic churches, primarily in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Dedication is the first book to document his architectural designs. By combining historical images with twenty-first-century photographs, author Anthony J. Valleriano presents the most compre…

The Museo Vincenzo Vela in Ligornetto

The Museo Vincenzo Vela is the most important artist's residence preserved today in Switzerland and one of the most interesting in Europe, from both a historical and a cultural perspective. The museum houses nearly all the original plasters by the Ticinese sculptor Vincenzo Vela (1820–1891). Born in Ligornetto and active for a large part of his life in Milan and Turin, Vela was a leading expo…

Bell's CathedralsThe Cathedral Church of Manchester

Rev. Thomas Perkins... As we stand on the north side of the cathedral and look to the north, our eyes rest upon a wide gravelled courtyard beyond a low wall, backed up by a range of mediaevallooking buildings. These were the domestic buildingsofthe College, and arenow used partly for Chethams Free Library, partlyforthe school knownas Chethams Hospital.The endowmentand... Beforewe proceed to des…

Retired, Rehabbed, RebornThe Adaptive Reuse of America's Derelict Religious B…

Each year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, move, or diminish. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and available for redevelopment. In this practical and innovative handbook, authors Simons, DeWine, and Ledebur have compiled a step-by-step guide to fi…

Das Robert Koch-Institut im Nationalsozialismus

Das Robert Koch-Institut war zwischen 1933 und 1945 als staatliche Forschungseinrichtung des öffentlichen Gesundheitswesens eng in das nationalsozialistische Gesundheitssystem eingebunden. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den personellen und organisatorischen Umbau, den das Institut unter der NS-Diktatur erlebte, und analysiert den Einfluss von NS-Ideologie und Kriegspolitik auf einzelne Fors…