Architectural Conservation and Restoration in Norway and Russia

<p>Norway and Russia have been closely related through the ages both geographically and historically and have experienced similar problems relating to climate building maintenance and national wooden architecture. As a result the parallel study of architectural conservation and restoration theories and practices in both neighbouring Northern states makes for a stimulating collective monograph.</p><p><em>Architectural Conservation and Restoration in Norway and Russia</em> delves into the main challenges of historic and contemporary architectural preservation practices in the two countries. The book consists of three main parts: the discovery and preservation of historical architecture in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century; contemporary approaches to former restorations and the conservation and maintenance of historical architecture; and finally current questions concerning preservation of twentieth-century architectural heritage which due to different building technologies and artistic qualities demand revised methods and historical evaluation. </p><p>This is a valuable resource for academics researchers and students in different areas of architecture (medieval nineteenth-century wooden and contemporary architecture) as well as in the fields of art architectural history cultural heritage and Scandinavian and Russian studies.</p>