[EN] Antoni González wonders whether it is possible to "conserve" without "transforming" first in a theoretical reflection which he makes about the essence of the act and the activity of restoration in recent years with ...

[ES] Sin resumen

[ES] Sin resumen

[EN] In spite of the hardships their fabrics have undergone, the thermal baths at Sant Boi are among the best conserved in Catalonia. The criteria followed by the SPAL in their restoration works, after a thorough ...

[EN] Javier Gallego Roca reflects on the value of plaster, colour and patina on buildings of historic architecture and analyses the composition of the different plasters according to the needs of each case. He finally ...

[EN] This text makes a case for monument conservation culture as an ethical attitude that, contrary to what one might think, refuses to be a prisoner of the past but rather looks to the future. The author criticises the ...

[EN] At the last General Assembly of the World Heritage Committee, held in Mérida, Mexico, the Historic Centre of Porto was included in the list of World Heritage ensembles. The architect Álvaro Gómez-Ferrer, who presented ...

[EN] The relationship between restoration and the history of a monument became clear as restoration work on the aqueduct of the city of Morelia in México progressed. Important questions were raised with regards to the ...

[EN] The restoration of the Palau díen Bou is a sample of the complexity that arises when practising an intervention on a building with indefinite superimposed architectures, in other words, an accumulation of interventions ...

[EN] The expiatory temple of the Holy Family started its life in the 19th century at the hands of the architect Francisco de P. Villar, was taken over by Antoni Gaudí and has been continued by the disciples of the latter ...