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Darin Stine – Dissertation Group Proposals 2024-25
Darin Stine – Preservation, Renovation, and Restoration
Synopsis
This group will consider the ways in which architects and heritage
groups have sought to preserve, renew, and-or update landmark
buildings. There is scope for dissertations exploring historic or modern
conservation projects as well as projects that repurpose disused
buildings.
Potential topics could include

- Historic and Modern views of Architectural Conservation
- Urban redevelopment/renewal
- Civic renewal projects
- The challenges associated with the preservation, renovation, and
restoration
- Adaptive Reuse as a tool for regeneration
- Individual case studies of heritage restoration
Abstract
Architecture is one of the most recognizable symbols of the society for
which it was built, conveying local, national, and even international
traditions. However, with the passing of time, buildings often fall into
states of disrepair or become outmoded as preferences and needs
change. As a result, many once great buildings and complexes have
become the focus of urban renewal projects that seek to maintain or
update them for continued use whether it be in their original function, as
in the case of many civic and religious buildings, or for new purposes,
such as museums or galleries.
This group will start with an examination of what is meant by

preservation, renovation, and restoration. We will discuss early writings
on the subject, specifically the work of John Ruskin, whose ideas bore
great influence on the present-day approach to architectural
conservation in order to think about how these notions have – or have not
– changed. We will consider the difficulties faced when preserving,
renovating, or restoring buildings, such as a sensitivity to materials,
technique, style, etc., as well as the social aspect of these buildings.
Dissertations could arise from these discussions on a wide variety of
topics that include historic approaches to conservation, case studies in
heritage, and urban renewal.
Keywords
Preservation; Renovation; Restoration; Adaptive Reuse; Continuity;

Heritage.
Set Readings
Berman, Alan, “Modernising Some of Oxford’s Listed Twentieth-Century
Buildings”, Twentieth Century Architecture no. 11 (2013), 180-189.
Martin, Louis, “Building Myths, or How to Preserve the Social Content of

Architecture”, Future Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation, History,
Theory, and Criticism 11, no. 2 (Winter 2014), 65-75.
Ruskin, John, “The Lamp of Memory”, in The Seven Lamps of

Architecture (New York: Wiley, 1865), 146-164.
Further Readings
Allan, John, Revaluing Modern Architecture Changing Conservation

Culture (Milton: RIBA, 2022).
Bandarin, F. and R. Van Oers, eds., Reconnecting the City: The Historic
Urban Landscape Approach and the Future of Urban Heritage (West
Sussex: Wiley, 2015).
Glendinning, Miles. The Conservation Movement: A History of

Architectural Preservation: Antiquity to Modernity (London: Routledge,
2013).
Grafe, Christoph et al., Umbaukultur: The Architecture of Altering

(Dortmund: Verlag Kettler, 2020), esp. Hild and Jager chapters.
Howard, P. Heritage: Management, Interpretation, Identity (London:

Continuum, 2003).
Jokilehto, Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation (Oxford:

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017).
Labadi, S. and W. Logan, eds., Urban Heritage, Development and

Sustainability: International Frameworks, National and Local
Governance (Abingdon: Routledge, 2016).
Martín-Hernández, Manuel J., “Time and Authenticity Author(s)”, Future

Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation, History, Theory, and Criticism
11, no. 2 (Winter 2014): 41-47.
Nichols, Aidan, “The Seven Lamps of Architecture”, in All Great Art is

Praise: Art and Religion in John Ruskin (Washington D.C.: Catholic
University of America Press, 2016), particularly 148-153.
Pilkington, Hugh, “Conservation, restoration and addition: Work at Long
Wall, Long Melford, Suffolk”, Twentieth Century Architecture, no. 4,
Post-War Houses (2000): 46-50.
Ploevets, Bie and Koenraad Van Cleempoel, Adaptive Reuse of the Built
Heritage: Concepts and Cases of an Emerging Discipline (London:
Routledge; Taylor & Francis, 2019).
Richmond, A. et al., Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and

Uncomfortable Truths (Practical Ethics v2.0. 1st ed. Amsterdam, 2009).
Riegl, Alois, The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Character and Origin,
trans. K.W. Forster and D. Ghirardo in Oppositions 25 (1982): 20-51.
Rogers Morris, Sarah, “Richard Nickel’s Photography: Preserving

Ornament in Architecture”, Future Anterior: Journal of Historic
Preservation, History, Theory, and Criticism 10, no. 2 (Winter 2013): 67-
80.
Scott, Fred, On Altering Architecture (London: Routledge, 2008).
Stone, Sally, Undoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory

(New York: Routledge; Taylor & Francis, 2020).
Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene, ‘Restoration’ in Dictionary of French

Architecture from the 11th to the 16th Century (1866), 14-34.
Whyte, William, “Introduction ‘A Pastiche or a Packing Case’: Building in

Twentieth-Century Oxford and Cambridge”, Twentieth Century
Architecture, no. 11 (2013): 16-29.
Wong, Liliane, Adaptive Reuse: Extending the Lives of Buildings (Basel:

Birkha Aauser, 2017).

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Darin Stine – Dissertation Group Proposals 2024-25

Darin Stine – Preservation, Renovation, and Restoration

Potential topics could include

This group will start with an examination of what is meant by

Preservation; Renovation; Restoration; Adaptive Reuse; Continuity;

Martin, Louis, “Building Myths, or How to Preserve the Social Content of

Ruskin, John, “The Lamp of Memory”, in The Seven Lamps of

Allan, John, Revaluing Modern Architecture Changing Conservation

Glendinning, Miles. The Conservation Movement: A History of

Grafe, Christoph et al., Umbaukultur: The Architecture of Altering

Howard, P. Heritage: Management, Interpretation, Identity (London:

Jokilehto, Jukka, A History of Architectural Conservation (Oxford:

Labadi, S. and W. Logan, eds., Urban Heritage, Development and

Martín-Hernández, Manuel J., “Time and Authenticity Author(s)”, Future

Nichols, Aidan, “The Seven Lamps of Architecture”, in All Great Art is

Richmond, A. et al., Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas and

Rogers Morris, Sarah, “Richard Nickel’s Photography: Preserving

Scott, Fred, On Altering Architecture (London: Routledge, 2008).

Stone, Sally, Undoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory

Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene, ‘Restoration’ in Dictionary of French

Whyte, William, “Introduction ‘A Pastiche or a Packing Case’: Building in

Wong, Liliane, Adaptive Reuse: Extending the Lives of Buildings (Basel:

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