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Author Chandler, Alan

Title The Production of Heritage : the Politicisation of Architectural Conservation
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (269 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Overview; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The fabrication of history. Heritage conservation in a capitalist culture; Approach; 1.1 Heritage as narrative -- the value of selection; 1.2 History as an unfolding process -- style or substance; 1.3 Frameworks for heritage, education and training; 1.4 The professional landscape -- how is heritage framed for the architects who frame heritage?; Conclusion; 2 The production of heritage: philosophies of fabrication; Approach; Glossary
2.1 Palacio Pereira, Santiago, Chile -- questions of authenticity and sensitivityThe competition -- November 2012; The award; The project; 2.2 Defining the strategy; Lessons from Neues: a steer from the committee; Winning the competition without losing the building: April 2013; 2.3 After the strategy, the tactics; Detailed correspondence (excerpts); The value of documents; Lessons learned; 3 Place: material and the urban imaginary; Approach; Glossary; 3.1 Covent Garden; History is (not) what it used to be; 3.2 Battersea Power Station; Heritage building; Lessons learned
4 The memory of surfaces: the physical nature of visual memory and its illusionApproach; Glossary; 4.1 Artificial Realities: Courtauld Institute East Wing Biennial 2016/17; A work of art as the art of work; 4.2 Clandon Park and the 'phoenix concept'; The notion of misremembering; Lessons learned; 5 History and material significance: craft and a sense of place; Approach; Glossary; 5.1 St. Pancras Church, London; A statement of need; A statement of action; 5.2 The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Tension between community and culture; Constant façade, shifting spaces, shifting content
Lessons learned6 As found: tactics for a way out of the heritage trap; Approach; Glossary; 6.1 Conservation Plan and the mechanics of conservation empathy; Ideologies -- professionalism and economy; 6.2 Learning -- from landscape, archaeology and art; Speaking to people; Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel, London by MUF Architecture/Art LLP 2011; 'True Value' by Theaster Gates, Fondazione Prada, Milan 2016; The People's Landscape, National Trust; Lessons learned; Conclusion; Index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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ISBN 9780429665950
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