RESOURCE ROUNDUP

Sharing helpful resources with your fellow APT members can help increase quality of preservation technology work in the industry. We always welcome suggestions for references and/or themes. Send your ideas to aptinews@apti.org.

The following items were recommendations by your peers!

Natural Cement
This book is now in print and available from ASTM International. For more information, you can follow this link to the ASTM web site page for this publication. http://www.astm.org/stp1494.htm

Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters: Risk Preparedness and the Limits of Prevention
By ICOMOS and the Technical University Dresden

From the Contents/Aus dem Inhalt:

I. Disasters and Society: The Task of Prevention/Katastrophe und Gesellschaft: Prävention als Aufgabe (Hans Rudolf Meier, Reto Ebnöther/Stefan Thurnherr, Joseph King/Gamini Wijesuriya)

II. Earthquake Disasters/Erdbebenkatastrophen (Abdolrasool Vatandoust/Eskandar Mohktari Taleqani/Mahmoud Nejati, Wolfgang Koellisch, Wolfram Jäger/Denny Napitupulu, Randolph Langenbach)

III. Storm and Flood Disasters/Sturm- und Flutkatastrophen (Pali Wijeratne, Michael S. Falser, Dieter Polkowski, Josef Štulc, Thomas Will, Christiane Schmuckle-Mollard)

IV. Risk Preparedness and Long-term Perspectives/Risikovorsorge und Langzeitperspektiven (Bernhard Furrer, Jenifer White, Uta Hassler, Dinu Bumbaru)

For more information visit the website www.tudpress.de

Eero Saarinen: Buildings From The Balthazar Korab Archive
Edited by David G. DeLong (Editorial Advisor for the Association for Preservation Technology from 1985-1986) and C. Ford Peatross

This visual sourcebook illustrates nineteen Saarinen commissions, providing multiple views of the buildings themselves as well as views of their construction and of architectural models that were critical to their design. Images of Saarinen's office and home provide personal ambience, and an introductory essay positions Saarinen's work within the broader context of his time. For more information, you can visit the webpage at http://www.wwnorton.com/npb/nparch/073223.html

Paintpamphlet™
By APT member Frank S. Welsh, President of Welsh Color & Conservation, Inc.

First published in 1977, the latest (fourth) edition is the most comprehensive of WCCI's Paintpamphlet™ to date. It is a 36-page guidebook, illustrated with 75 color photographs, that is especially designed for those who seek to discover the original colors of paints and wallpapers in historic buildings.

Numerous architects, engineers, and museum administrators in the United States and Canada alike have utilized the Paintpamphlet™ to economically assist them in their quest of original color on structures as varied as 18th, 19th and 20th century houses, churches, theaters, government and university buildings, lighthouses, bridges, trains and boats. Because it is an instructional resource, it has been included in many college and university preservation course syllabuses.

Learn more at http://welshcolor.com/sampling.html.

Preservation Resources on the Web
Portland, Oregon - As part of a presentation given by Tim Cannan, President of PreservationDirectory.com, at the Architectural Heritage Center's "Old House Fair", we are pleased to announce the availability of a free comprehensive resource guide for historic and cultural resource preservation. The title of the resource guide is "Preservation Resources on the Web".

The comprehensive resource guide presents primary online resources in the field of historic and cultural resource preservation, with an emphasis on resources in Portland and the State of Oregon. Topics include researching your historic home; funding sources and tax credit programs available; utilizing your State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO); finding an undergrad/graduate program in historic preservation; historic real estate resources online; preservation event/conference directories; and much more.

Additional presentations may be developed in the future that focus on other regions/States. For more information, or to receive a complimentary copy, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@preservationdirectory.com or by telephone at 503-223-4939.

PreservationDirectory.com
PreservationDirectory.com is a primary online resource for historic preservation, building restoration and cultural resource management in the United States & Canada. Our goal is to foster the preservation of historic buildings, historic downtowns and neighborhoods, cultural resources and to promote heritage tourism by facilitating communication among historic preservation professionals and the general public. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, PreservationDirectory.com has continually expanded and evolved to cover a comprehensive array of topics and resources of most interest to the historic and cultural resource community.

For more information visit the website http://www.PreservationDirectory.com

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