Conservation/heritage philosophy and approaches
(includes issues of, for example, why conserve?)
Arup, Ove, and Partners (with collaborators) (1993) Environmental Capacity and Development in Historic Cities. London: Arup Introduced concept of environmental capacity; introducing sustainability issues into conservation planning. Compare with Listokin (1997).
Briggs, A. (1975) `The philosophy of conservation', Royal Society of Arts Journal 123: 685-95 Aimed largely at younger readers, nevertheless useful for its rarity of treatment of this topic.
Burns, A. (1990) `Reinstatement identical or just the same?', Chartered Surveyor Weekly 2 August: 51. Commentary on insurer's view of philosophy of replacement of historic building.
Cantell, T.C. (1975) `Why conserve?', The Planner 61, 1: 6-10.
Clemen, P. (1933) Die Deutsche Kunst und die Denkmalpflege: Ein Bekenntnis. Berlin Collection of papers written 1908-1933 dealing with broad connections between the practice of preservation, the `substance' of historic sites, and nationalist consciousness.
Faulkner, P.A. (1978) `Definition and evaluation of the historic heritage', `Is preservation possible?', `Preservation within a philosophy', Bossom Lectures, Royal Society of Arts Journal CXXVI: 452-80. Important and rare treatment of philosophy.
Ford, L.R. (1974) `Historic preservation and the sense of place', Growth and Change 5: 33-37.
Listokin, D. (1997) `Growth management and historic preservation: best practices for synthesis', Urban Lawyer 29 (2): 199-213 Suggests means of linking growth management and conservation; incorporation of conservation goals into land use and growth management planning processes; compare with the environmental capacity concept of Arup et al. (1993).
Lowenthal, D. (1975) `Past time, present place: landscape and memory', Geographical Review 65: 1-36.
Lowenthal, D. (1977) `The bicentennial landscape: a mirror held up to the past', Geographical Review 67: 253-67.
Lowenthal, D. (1979) `Environmental perception: preserving the past', Progress in Human Geography 3, 4: 549-559.
Lowenthal, D. (1985) The Past is a Foreign Country, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Maguire, R. (1997) `Conservation and diverging philosophies', Journal of Architectural Conservation 3 (1): 7-18.
Murtagh, W. (1988) Keeping Time: the History and Theory of Preservation in America. Pittstown, NY: Main Street Press.
Price, Talley and Melucco (eds) (1997) Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Getty Trust. Brings together, in English, critical extracts from key texts of the C19th and early C20th which underpinned the emergence of the conservation movement. Welcome translations of sources little-known in England.
Rowntree, L.B. and Conkey, M.W. (1980) `Symbolism and the cultural landscape', Annals of the Association of American Geographers 70: 459-74. Culture, symbolism, and implications for conservation; examples from mainland Europe.
Tschudi-Madsen, S. (1975) Restoration and Anti-Restoration: A Study in English Restoration Philosophy. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget Focus on England but with much material on European ideas to show linkages.
Warren, J. (1996) `Principles and problems: ethics and aesthetics', in Marks, S. (ed.) Concerning Buildings. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Weaver, M.E. (1995) `Forensic conservation and other current developments in the conservation of heritage resources and the built environment', Journal of Architectural Conservation 1 (3): 26-41 Advocates high levels of (scientific) investigative accuracy, practical experience including with design, and strict adherence to comprehensive codes of conservation ethics, philosophy etc should be seen as interlinked.
Worskett, R. (1982) `New buildings in historic areas 1: Conservation: the missing ethic', Monumentum 25: 151-161.
Zancheti, S.M. and Jokilehto, J. (1997) `Values and urban conservation planning: some reflections on principles and definitions', Journal of Architectural Conservation 3 (1): 37-51
