CONTENTS Introduction to the series PART 1INTRODUCTION Introduction 1: Architectural history and materials 2: Conservation and the built environment 3: Managing change 4: Conclusion PART 2 EARLY ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY Introduction CHAPTERS: Western Asiatic, Assyrian and Persian-Mesopotamia (from 4500 BC) 6: Ancient Egypt (from 5000 BC) 7: Ancient Greece (1100 BC-146 BC) 8: Ancient Rome: 750 BC to AD 400 9: Byzantine and early Christian architecture {third to eleventh century) 10: Early British medieval architecture 11: Romanesque/Norman in Britain (1066-1200) 12: Gothic architecture 1200-1500 13: Early British domestic architecture 14: Conclusion PART 3 THE RENAISSANCE TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Introduction 15: The Italian Renaissance 16: Renaissance architecture and the return to Classicism in Britain 17: Scotland's royal palaces 18: Baroque 19: The Scottish Enlightenment 20: Georgian architecture 21: Georgian terraced and smaller houses 22: The Picturesque Movement 23: Regency architecture 1790-1840 24: Victorian period (1834-1900) 25: Arts and Crafts Movement 26: The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries 27: Post-war period 28: Conclusions PART 4VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE Introduction 29: Geography and economy 30: Early vernacular buildings 31: Vernacular houses 32: Vernacular farm buildings 33: Vernacular industrial buildings 34: The conservation of vernacular buildings 35: Conclusions PART 5 MATERIALS AND PERFORMANCE Introduction 36: Lime and cement 37: Roofing materials 38: Walling and structural materials 39: Conclusion PART 6 CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY, HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND LEGISLATION Introduction 40: Conservation or preservation? 41: Historical context: the nineteenth-century anti-scrape movement 42: The twentieth century and establishment of conservation charters 43: Legislation 44: The role of amenity societies 45: Conclusions PART 7CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE Introduction 46: Principles, ethics and criteria of conservation 47: Conservation plans and cultural significance 48: Investigating and understanding buildings 49: Dealing with historic buildings in practice 50: Sustainability and climate change 51: Conclusion PART 8 OVERVIEW Bibliography Index