Architecture History, Theory and Preservation critically explores the
historic development, theoretical underpinnings and conservation
practices of architecture. Complete with 170 full color images, this
volume presents architectural and urban examples, from Prehistory to the
Middle Ages, chronologically and thematically examining contextual
issues that provide each period with distinctive expressions. The
special features, structural systems, materials and construction
technologies are analyzed, as well as how the international community
deals with the task of interpreting and preserving certain historic
properties.
This publication provides professors and students of architecture, art
history, historic preservation and related fields with an integrated
view of architecture using historical, theoretical and conservation
perspectives. As an architect, architectural historian and
preservationist herself, Dr Pabón-Charneco weaves a field of
relationships regarding each building, creating a silent yet empowering
bridge between past and present.