The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Architectural Reconstruction (Hardcover, 1)

Rethinking, Restoring, Readapting: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Architectural Reconstruction? Part 1:?Theoretical Inquiries??1. Theory and Practice in Heritage Decision-Making? 2. Lives and Afterlives of Architectural Objects? 3. Integrity in Cultural Heritage Preservation: Unveiling the Challenges? 4. Preservation As a Moral Disposition: The Values Embedded within Cultural Heritage? 5. Narrative Meaning and the Reconstruction of Architectural Heritage? 6. Questioning Heritage? Part 2:?Applying Theories??7. Regenerating Heritage Processes and Practices in Historical Reconstruction? 8. Narrative and the Legitimacy of Change to Historic Buildings? 9. How to Conserve a Fake Ruin? Heritage Dilemmas Between Aesthetics and Practice? 10. Heritage, Biophilic Reconstruction, and Climate Change? 11. The Use of Light Installations in Architectural Reconstruction: New Technological Solutions for the Public Sphere? 12. Reusing Roosevelt? Tainted Monuments and the Architectural Reuse Strategy? Part 3:?Areas and Districts??13. Aesthetics in a Renovated City. Historical View of Mundane Cityscape in Modern Japan? 14. The Transformation Trap: Redeveloping the historic Chinese Baroque area in Harbin? 15. The Question of Al Seef in Dubai. A Case of Historicist Architecture Compared to the Global Principles of Architectural Heritage? 16. The Swahili House as Heritage in the Eastern African City? 17. Post-war ruins: relics of the past or unwanted “urban scars?” Reconstruction of the Dissonant Heritage of the Recovered Territories in Poland? 18. Architectural Reconstruction Reconsidered: Cases from the Post-War Reconstruction of Germany? 19. Miami Art Deco Architecture, Climate Change, and Puzzles for Historic Preservation? Part 4:?Buildings??20. “This Magnificent Pile”. The Cathedral of Trondheim from Ruin to Heritage? 21. The Restoration of Chartres Cathedral: Theories and Practices? 22. “To build still more deliberately”: Architectural Reconstruction and the House that Thoreau Built? 23. When Memory Fades and Resources Run Dry: Three Cases of Neglect and Loss? 24. Restoration and Adaptive Reuse of the Fi?ekhane (Cartridge factory) in Istanbul ? A case of sustainable rehabilitation in the context of a profit seeking real estate development scheme? 25. An imitation game: Restoration and intangible heritage at the Bletchley Park Huts, UK? 26. Architectural Conservation in Nairobi: The Don Bosco Shrine