Overview

John Warren's invaluable book describes historic brick and terracotta, setting out the causes of failure and decay, analysing available materials and evaluating processes of repair and applicable conservation philosophies. It provides the conservator, owner and student of building conservation with a comprehensive resource. Brickwork, with tile and terracotta, is one of those materials so universal, so apparently permanent and so much part of our everyday lives that its conservation is presumed to be understood. This is very largely untrue. Most brickwork is cursorily maintained and often subject to serious abuse. Neglect and clumsy repair are all too frequent, and the really skillful repair based on a full understanding of the mechanisms of decay is all too rare. John Warren is a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York and is an Architect and Conservator with some 30 years experience in private practice, both in the UK and abroad. His conservation work has extended as far afield as India. At home he has been responsible for, among many others, the recovery of Horace Walpole's mansion, Strawberry Hill. He was also a founding Trustee, and for 20 years Hon. Architect, of the Open Air Museum of Buildings in Sussex, overseeing the reconstruction of buildings of timber and brick from a theoretical and analytical viewpoint. He was a member of the British Standards Institution Committee on Historic Buildings and is Chairman of ICOMOS UK World Heritage Committee.

Full Product Details

Author:   John Warren ,  etc.
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Architectural Press
Weight:   1.050kg
ISBN:  

9780750630917

ISBN 10:   0750630914
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 November 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; An Outline of the history of building in brick; Basic materials in earth structures; Brick and earths as porous building materials; Earths in use as structure; The nature of materials; Behaviour of earths in building; Materials and techniques in the conservation and repair of each structures; Organic materials in the repair of earth structures; Case studies in conservation; Gypsums, limes and cements; Of brickmakers, bricks and brickwork; Brick typology; Refined brick earths; Conservation, restoration and repair of brickwork; Physical repair and the performance of materials; Bio-deterioration; Natural and man-mad pollutants; Protection, consolidation and physical repairs; Case studies in brickwork conservation; Principles and problems in conservation.

Reviews

'Warren has produced a well written and illustrated scholarly text that should be read by all those who seek sound advice relating to the diagnosis of defects, and the susequent sensitive conservation of historic brickwork.' Journal of Architectural Conservation 'Warren's book is advisable for people wanting to become more familiar with bricks and brickwork, with their history and architectural management, and a number of interesting case studies are reported at the end.' Studies in Conservation 'If you thought that a brick is a brick is a brick with some historic variations in size and appearance then this book will make you think again. This is a comprehensive, detailed and fascinating book whose usefulness belies the title Conservation of Brick and guarantees that readers will look at brick structures with new eyes.' Conservation News

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