The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation

摘要

As author Steven Semes points out at the beginning of this work, "Every building that is now considered a historical monument was once new and encountered a preexisting context that it gracefully joined,rndisregarded, or sought to transform." This seemingly obvious but powerful statement informs this bracing call for what Semes terms new traditional architecture, where context matters and harmonious modern additions to old buildings can be seen as appropriate rather than blasphemous.