Cultural Resource Laws and Practice

Cultural Resource Laws and Practice
Author: Thomas F. King
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780759104747

Renowned cultural resource management consultant Thomas F. King demystifies this web of regulations surrounding this field, providing frank, practical advice on how to ensure regulatory compliance in dealing with archaeological sites, historic buildings, urban districts, sacred sites and objects, shipwrecks, and archives. In this new edition, King reports on changes in cultural resource laws, regulations, and executive orders in the past five years and adds material on Section 106 review, NEPA, and the 'Preserve America' executive order.

Recording Historic Structures

Recording Historic Structures
Author: John A. Burns
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2003-12-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0471273805

This new edition of the definitive guide to recording America's built environment provides a detailed reference to the re-cording methods and techniques that are fundamental tools for examining any existing structure. Edited by the Deputy Chief of the Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, this revised edition includes in-formation on recent technological advances such as laser scanning, new case studies, and expanded material on the docu-mentation of historic landscapes.

Modern Architecture in St. Louis

Modern Architecture in St. Louis
Author: Eric Paul Mumford
Publisher: Washington University in St Louis
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This book chronicles the evolution of architecture in the St. Louis area between 1948 and 1973, with insightful essays by established architectural scholars on the significant aspects of modern architecture in St. Louis and of the Washington University School of Architecture in the flowering of mid-century American modernism. Archival photographs and drawings illustrate the authors' historical analyses, and statements about the school written by distinguished alumni and faculty, including Fumihiko Maki, a former faculty member, illuminate a rich pocket of little-known American creativity.

Louisiana Architecture

Louisiana Architecture
Author: Jonathan Fricker
Publisher: University of Louisiana
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1998
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Introduction to architectural styles that have shaped Louisiana's landscapes.