Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for 20th-Century Icons
by Angel Ayón, Uta Pottgiesser, et.al.

Birkhäuser, 2019

Winner of the 2021 Lee Nelson Book Award from the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) for the most outstanding and influential book-length work on preservation technology.

The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of historic buildings play a key role.

Using a selection of 20 iconic buildings in Europe and the USA, the book documents the current technological status of the three most common strategies used today: restoration, rehabilitation, and replacement. The buildings include Fallingwater House by Frank Lloyd Wright, Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Fagus Factory and Bauhaus Building by Walter Gropius.

The research underlying this book was developed through a Mid-Career Fellowship awarded to Angel Ayón in 2015 by the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation. Generous support was provided by MHB, the Technical University of East Westphalia-Lippe (TH OWL), Tnemec and Kalam.

This publication was made possible by the kind support of: