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Docomomo Preservation Technology Dossier 6: Stone in Modern Buildings: Principles of Cladding (April 2003)

Main Themes:
— Experiencing Stone, Structure and Cladding by Ola Wedebrunn
— Marble Sheeting in Modern Architecture by Sergio Poretti
— Prerequisites and Alteration of Materials in the Restoration of Modern Buildings by Pier Giovanni Bardelli

Materials and Diagnosis:
— Stone Facing Techniques in 20th Century Handbooks by Maria Luisa Barelli, Maurizio Lucat & Silvia Mantovani
— Characteristics of Stone and the Choice of Quarry by Pier Giovanni Bardelli, Caterina Mele & Maurizio Gomez Serito
— Cladding Technology: From Slab to Precast by Marco Antonio Ragone
— Stone-faced Precast Panel Technology: Monitoring and Intervention Techniques for Stabilization by Kyle C. Normandin

Case Studies:
— Palazzo della Civilità Italiana, Rome by Rinaldo Capomolla
— Arhus Town Hall (Arne Jacobsen & Erik Møller, 1938–40) by Søren Abrahamsen
— Milá House, Barcelona (Antoni GaudÍ I Cornet with Josep Maria Jujol, 1905–10) by Josep Emili Hernandez-Cros
— Shell House, Berlin (Emil Farhenkamp, 1930–32) by Sibylle Schulz — Post Office Building, Naples (Giuseppe Vaccaro & Gino Franzi, 1928–36) by Tullia Iori
— Finlandia Hall, Helsinski (Alvar Aalto, 1967–71) by Martti Jokinen

Posters:
— Techniques and Experiments in Fixing Stone Cladding by Daniela Bosia
— Natural Polychromy and Materiality in Angiolo Mazzoni’s Buildings by Luciano Cupelloni, Virginia Bernardini, Frederica Dal Falco & Alberto Del Franco
— The Marble Facing of Marconi’s Obelisk at EUR, Rome by Maria Grazia D’Amelio
— Gio Ponti’s Palazzo Rasini in Milan by Claudio Greco
— Between Autarky and Innovation: Spatrisano’s House for the Disabled by Maurizio Oddo
— The Role of Stone Cladding in Modern Italian Architecture by Giovanni Picco, Elena Filippi & Emilia Garda
— Giuseppe Terragni’s Casa del Fascio in Como by Sergio Poretti, Rinaldo Capomolla, Tullia Iori, Stefania Mornati & Rosalia Vittorini
— Durability Design in Stone Cladding Façades by Gianna Riva & Barbara Rossi