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Restoration like preservation, it works to maintain as much of the original material as possible. However, the focus of restoration is to present the property at a specific point in history. As result repairs and recreations of certain elements or fixtures are completed and anything which postdates the intended period is documented and removed.
The Venice Charter of 1964 was an international guideline for dealing with the original building fabric for the preservation of monuments; it is the most important monument conservation text of the 20th century and defines central values and procedures for the conservation and restoration of monuments.
Preservation Virginia brought in monument repair expert Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation to handle the restoration. It was determined that the portland cement used in 1901 had to be removed so the stone could be reassembled with more modern materials that would help its preservation and restoration.
Paul Meurs and Marie-Therese van Thoor (eds.), "Zonnestraal Sanatorium - The History and Restoration of a Modern Monument", 18 articles by Hubert-Jan Henket, Ton Idsinga, Wessel de Jonge, Jan Molema, Bruno Reichlin et al., Rotterdam 2010. Marieke Kuipers, Wessel de Jonge. Designing from Heritage: Strategies for Conservation and Conversion.
A landscape restoration project is underway at Aztec Ruins National Monument that will see native vegetation planted and nurtured as part of an effort to protect the park’s cultural resources.
Conservators routinely use chemical and scientific analysis for the examination and treatment of cultural works. The modern conservation laboratory uses equipment such as microscopes, spectrometers, and various x-ray regime instruments to better understand objects and their components. The data thus collected helps in deciding the conservation ...
Work was already underway on a complete renovation of the historic Colonial course the day after Emiliano Grillo won on the second playoff hole last May. Colonial Country Club opened in 1936, five ...
Haussmann: His Life and Times and the Making of Modern Paris (2002) Centre des monuments nationaux. Le guide du patrimoine en France (Éditions du patrimoine, 2002), ISBN 978-2-85822-760-0; de Moncan, Patrice. Le Paris d'Haussmann (Les Éditions du Mécène, 2012), ISBN 978-2-907970-983; de Moncan, Patrice.