Talk:Building restoration

message: With apologies to the creator of this article, "restoration" is being used in a lay-person's context with respect to historic buildings and inaccurately portrays interventions in a simplistic manner.
The definition of restoration within the context of the built environment is an intervention whose goal is to return a building or landscape to a particular state as it (hypothetically) existed in the past. It has a specific meaning that is not being properly used in this article. Intervention methods could include preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction (or variations on these terms). They are ranked as to the degree of alteration to the historic fabric of the building of landscape. The section on "heritage restoration" correctly begins with the proper definition of restoration, and then diverges into what is really a rehabilitation--"a part of heritage restoration can involve the replacement of outdated heating and cooling systems with newer ones." A rehabilitation places use value above historic or age value in its accommodation of modern uses.
This article should really be under the rubric of "building conservation" or "architectural conservation," not "building restoration". Tous ensemble 16:57, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed about the non-technical use, which is dangerous, especially a a broader "architectural conservation" page already exists as decent and incomplete. I suppose information can start being transfered there as applicable, and this page can be changed to suite its precise technical meaning (e.g. as used in Secretary of Interior Standards, etc.). Morgan Riley (talk) 20:06, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
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My initial thoughts on the structure of this article is sections need to be expanded and others reorganized under different categories. Material in the overview I think would work better in either the introduction or a separate category, such as the difference between building restoration and Historic Building Restoration. I think this is an important distinction and should have their own subheading under building restoration. 
I like that the article includes the NPS guidelines, but I think we should also include the Canadian Conservation Institute since those standards are well known internationally. 
The material in the introduction at the top is only moderately effective. There is a single line which acts as a definition and then a distinction of the U.S. and U.K. but the bulk of it is made up by a quote. While that quote is valuable it doesn't fit there and would probably be better in the overview. The introduction should be reworked to give a sweeping but quick assessment of the field. Jmross10 (talk) 13:44, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree with you that this article may benefit from specific sections to allow the article to be a bit more expansive. There is a lot of great information in this article, but it is fairly compacted into the overview section. For readers that may be on the page searching for a specific topic within building restoration, additional sections could make this search easier. For example, sections could be created for the aims of building restoration as well as paint analysis as there is a significant amount of information about each. Additional sections could also be created to expand on a few topics that would bring more content to that page, such as a section for further discussion on the differences in the term restoration in the US versus the UK. While there is a quick mention of this, a new section discussing these differences could add a lot of substance to the article and provide clarity for readers. Allisontje (talk) 15:35, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps it would be good to create a broader section for agents of deterioration, focusing on things like natural disasters which have a greater effect in building restoration. This way we are addressing a larger concept in conservation and emphasizing how that plays into building restoration. Jmross10 (talk) 13:55, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

text: If a standard definitions section is implemented, it might be a good idea to create a section for national guidelines which acknowledges the Department of State standards but also the various charters in the "See Also" section. Finding a few other charters, from outside of the US/Europe, would be advantageous. This way there's a more rounded view of the discipline. Jmross10 (talk) 14:12, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
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message: Here are a handful of references that may provide some additional information to this article. Please feel free to add your references to this list!
*Gates, G. A. (2014). Discovering the material secrets of art: Tools of cultural heritage science. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, 93(7), 20-27. This source addresses conservation science methods, with many being applicable to building restoration
::Publicly available here: https://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cover-story_sept141.pdf Jmross10 (talk) 14:31, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not publicly available Jmross10 (talk) 14:31, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Publicly available here: https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/nature_of_conservation.html Jmross10 (talk) 14:31, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

text: Publicly available here: http://museumpests.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Preserving-History-Subterranean-Termite-Prevention-in-Colonial-Williamsburg1.pdf Jmross10 (talk) 14:31, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
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