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Examining the theory that governs practice in building new buildings in old places, this work discusses the problem, analysing reasons for the types of response, setting out constraints and opportunities and by the study of examples demonstrates current trends and possible ways forward.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Contributors (p. iv)
• Acknowledgements (p. vii)
• Introduction: managing and moderating change (p. 1)
• Section 1 Setting the scene
• The historic context: principles and philosophies (p. 8)
• Modern architecture's place in the city: divergent approaches to the historical core (p. 18)
• Tradition: the driving force of urban identity (p. 30)
• Section 2 The institutional and public perception
• Organizations, charters and world movements--an overview (p. 40)
• The national interest (p. 51)
• Historicism and the public perception (p. 61)
• The planner's perspective: a view from the front (p. 71)
• Assessing quality: the pertinent criteria for designing buildings in historic settings (p. 83)
• Examples of good practice, 1961-98 (p. 95)
• Section 3 Inside the mind of the designer
• From Bauhaus to Boilerhouse (p. 102)
• Contributing to historic settings without kow-towing (p. 115)
• Defining the cultural context of historic buildings (p. 130)
• The essential elements in developing new designs for historic settings (p. 143)
• Pulling teeth and filling cavities! (p. 154)
• A Continental perspective The second chamber of the Netherlands parliament, de Tweede Kamer, The Hague (p. 165)
• Postscript: conservation through development (p. 175)
• Index (p. 181)