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Walk Through Historic Buildings Walk Through Historic Buildings: The US National Park Service provides this quick guide to identifying the visual character of a historic building, to be aware of what is important to preserve. Includes a quiz. (Preservation) http://www2.cr.nps.gov/tps/walkthrough/ College Town Life College Town Life: Information on the importance of perserving neighborhoods adjacent to campuses in U.S. college towns. (Preservation) http://www.collegetownlife.com Historic Buildings and Structures Historic Buildings and Structures: An annotated list describing preservation programs developed by the United States National Park Service. Includes both public and professional sections, with links to each program. (Preservation) http://www.cr.nps.gov/buildings.htm School of the Building Arts School of the Building Arts: In historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States offers educational programs and discussion in the field of preservation. (Preservation) http://www.aboutsoba.org/ National Center for Preservation Technology and Training National Center for Preservation Technology and Training: The U.S. National Park Service provides searchable databases on training, materials, job opportunities, conferences, funding and its grants and projects. (Preservation) http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ Ecole d'Avignon Ecole d'Avignon: Offers courses and consulting in historic preservation, decorative painting, and traditional building techniques. Avignon, France. (Preservation) http://www.ecole-avignon.com/ Building Conservation Building Conservation: Cathedral Communications provides a directory of building conservation companies, courses and organizations, mainly in the United Kingdom. Also on-line articles and events listing. (Preservation) http://www.buildingconservation.com/ Preservation Alumni Preservation Alumni: Independent organization of friends and alumni of the Columbia University Historic Preservation Program. (Preservation) http://preservationalumni.org/ USGS National Geologic Lexicon Database USGS National Geologic Lexicon Database: Find out about US stone names here. (Preservation) http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/geolex_home.html The Slate Roof Quarterly The Slate Roof Quarterly: A free newsletter about the slate roofing industry directed at roofing contractors, architects, roofing materials suppliers, and owners of buildings with slate roofs. (Preservation) http://www.slateroofquarterly.com Riwaq - Centre for Architectural Conservation Riwaq - Centre for Architectural Conservation: Aims to safeguard Palestinian heritage. Projects, including a national register, publications, on-line exhibition of Palestinian tiles. (Preservation) http://www.riwaq.org/ Ortygia Ortygia: Architect Sergio Tinè uses his experience of conserving historic buildings in the island of Ortygia to propose a code of professional practice for urban conservation. (Preservation) http://www.culturalheritage.net/ortygia Conserving the Modern in Canada Conserving the Modern in Canada: The first conference to be organised in the country that will look at Modernist works from 1945-2005. The conference will be held at Trent University, May 6-8, 2005. (Preservation) http://www.moderncanada.ca Parabow Parabow: Aims to preserve and reconstruct ancient wooden buildings, involving business and educational partners from eight European countries. News, projects, personnel. (Preservation) http://www.grampus.co.uk/parabow/ European Heritage Network European Heritage Network: The Council of Europe offers a databank on official heritage policies, and a heritage portal. (Preservation) http://www.european-heritage.net Cultural Heritage Search Engine Cultural Heritage Search Engine: A directory of sites related to the conservation of cultural heritage - the natural and urban landscape. English and Italian.   (Preservation) http://www.culturalheritage.net Preservation Preservation: Umbrella and portal for interrelated sites intended to help meet needs of the US preservation community. Sections include education and training, partnerships, networking, trades, resources. (Preservation) http://www.epreservation.net Preserve Net Preserve Net: Cornell University's resource for US preservationists includes listings of job opportunities and conferences, along with a directory of web-sites related to historic preservation. (Preservation) http://www.preservenet.cornell.edu Donhead Publishing Donhead Publishing: Specializes in practical books on building conservation, preservation and heritage. Also publishes the Journal of Architectural Conservation: abstracts online. (Preservation) http://www.donhead.com Preservation Directory Preservation Directory: Resources and research tools for historic preservation and cultural resource management in the US. Lists preservation organizations, programs, historic property for sale, news and events. (Preservation) http://www.preservationdirectory.com Saving The East's Architectural Heritage Saving The East's Architectural Heritage: Series by Lindsay Percival-Straunik on the challenges of preserving the rich architectural heritage of Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. From Radio Free Europe. (Preservation) http://www.rferl.org/nca/special/architecture/ The Conservation Glossary The Conservation Glossary: Architectural, building and conservation terms explained by Neil Grieve of The Centre for Conservation and Urban Studies, University of Dundee. (Preservation) http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/glossary.html Heritage Preservation Services Heritage Preservation Services: The US National Park Service provides illustrated guidelines for rehabilitating historic properties, preservation briefs, information on tax incentives and a catalog of its publications. (Preservation) http://www2.cr.nps.gov/ Amsterdam Heritage Amsterdam Heritage: Introduction to the architectural history of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and its preservation, from Municipal Department for Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Sites. (Preservation) http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/index_e.html Pond Lily Mill Restorations Pond Lily Mill Restorations: Ted Hazen supplies extensive, illustrated information on the history and technology of flour milling in America, and the restoration of watermills, with bibliography. (Preservation) http://www.angelfire.com/journal/pondlilymill/index.html Old House Journal Old House Journal: Online magazine. Preservation advice for owners of old homes, restoration directory, products, classifieds, bulletin boards. (Preservation) http://www.oldhousejournal.com Preserve and Protect Preserve and Protect: A not-for-profit corporation providing space on the web for historic preservation and environmental protection organizations. (Preservation) http://www.preserve.org Restoration Trades Exchange Restoration Trades Exchange: An online business exchange for the building restoration field in America, featuring directories, job listings, trade forums, regional information. (Preservation) http://www.restorationtrades.com Cultural Heritage Charters and Standards Cultural Heritage Charters and Standards: A review of the principal UNESCO and ICOMOS charters and standards for the preservation of cultural heritage by J.K. Gillon. (Preservation) http://gillonj.tripod.com/culturalheritagechartersandstandards/ Masonry Conservation Research Group Masonry Conservation Research Group: In the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen describes its research into building stone decay, conservation and historic preservation. (Preservation) http://www.rgu.ac.uk/schools/mcrg/mcrghome.htm