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050			_aNA 2543 .S46 2009
100			_aSemes, Steven W. _eauthor
245		4	_aThe future of the past : _ba conservation ethic for architecture, urbanism, and historic preservation / _cSteven W. Semes
250			_a1st edition.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Company, Inc., _cc2009
300			_a272 pages : _billustrations ; _c29 cm.
365			_bUSD41.63
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aAcknowledgments -- 1. New and old architecture together -- 2. The principles of traditional architecture -- 3. How traditional architecture works -- 4. The modernist paradigm -- 5. A brief history of preservation philosophy -- 6. Historicism and the search for an architecture of our time -- 7. Preservation after historicism -- 8. Literal replication -- 9. Invention within a style -- 10. Abstract reference -- 11. Intentional opposition -- 12. A conservation ethic -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aA comprehensive and eloquent argument for “new traditional” architecture that preserves the style and character of historic buildings. With contemporary design being redefined by architects and urbanists who are recovering the historic language associated with traditional architecture and the city, how might preservation change its focus or update its mission? Steven W. Semes, winner of the 2010 Clem Labine Award, makes a persuasive case that context matters and that new buildings and additions to old buildings should be harmonious with their neighbors. The Future of the Past was also named one of Planetizen's most noteworthy books of 2010 and one of The Atlantic Cities' "10 Most Compelling Historic Preservation Reads."
650			_aARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY
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