Docomomo Preservation Technology Dossier 1: Curtain Wall Refurbishment: A Challenge to Manage

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Docomomo Preservation Technology Dossier 1: Curtain Wall Refurbishment: A Challenge to Manage (January 1996)

Lectures:
— An Image of Modernity: An American History of the Curtain Wall by Stephen J. Kelley
— Curtain Walls in the Netherlands: Refurbishing an Architectural Phenomenon by Wessel de Jonge
— A Future for Curtain Walls: Typology, Development, Lifespan and Refurbishment by Just Renckens
— Curtain Walls as a System of Building Physics: A Perspective for Refurbishment by Jacques Mertens
— Natural Stone: Ageing Curtain Walls in the United Kingdom by John Redding
— Redevelopment of Postwar Real Estate by Hans de Jonge

Case Studies:
— Curtain Walls in the USA: Failures, Investigation and Repair by Stephen J. Kelley & Bruce S. Kaskel
— Blaak 333 (Kraaijvanger, 1961): A Critical Review of a Second Life by Dirk Jan Postel
— The Rijnhotel (Merkelbach & Elling, 1957): An Approximate Image by George Köhlen & Leon Wolters
— City Savings Bank (Tvarozek, 1930): Slovakia’s First Curtain Wall Refurbished by Matus Dulla, Henrieta H. Moravcikova & Elena Stolicna
— St. Cuthbert’s (Marwick & Sons, 1936): An Early Curtain Wall by Suzanne Ewing
— The Thyssen Haus (HPP Architects, 1957): A Curtain Wall Replaced From Head to Toe by Eberhard Zerres
— The Amoco Building (Stone, 1970): Recladding of a Marble Landmark by Ian R. Chin & Jack P. Stecich
— Boots Factory (Williams, 1932): Careful Medication for a Curtain Wall by James Strike

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