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Docomomo Preservation Technology Dossier 5: Modern Color Technology: Ideals and Conservation (July 2002)

History and Development:
— Color and Modern Movement Architecture by Wessel de Jonge
— Color Concepts and Color Scales in Modern Architecture by Arthur Ruëgg
— Restoring and Coloring in the Architecture of Loos by Burkhardt Rukschcio
— Creating a Cosmos of Colors by Winfried Brenne
— Color in Russian Modern Architecture During the Interwar Period by Ekaterina Shorban
— Color Images Section History and Developments

Diagnosis and Remedy:
— Polychrome or Monochrome? by Ulrika Hübinette
— Surprising Colors of a Transparent Factory: The Van Nelle Complex in Rotterdam by Mariël Polman
— The Reproduction of Historical Colors with Modern Paints by Marc Deviaene
— Modernism and Color: A Problem with Source Materials by Veerle De Houwer
— Color Images Section Diagnosis and Remedy

Case Studies:
— Colors of the Copenhagen Airport 1939 by Søren Møller & Ola Wedebrunn
— E 1027 Maison en Bord de Mer by Renaud Barrès
— Layout of the Aubette in Strasbourg by Theo Van Doesburg and its Restoration by Daniel Gaymard
— Focus on Original Finish and Color During Restoration of Le Corbusier’s Maison Guiette (1926) in Antwerp by Anne Malliet
— Living in a Painting by Marjan Buyle
— The Renaat Braem House (1958) by Jo Braeken & Tom Lenaerts
— Color on Plaster and Framework by Mimi Debruyn
— Modern Colors Reviewed by Marieke Kuipers & Mariël Polman
— Henry van de Velde: A Welcome Home… by Luc Verpoest