English

• Press release - Blue Shield actions for safeguarding heritage in Haiti (22/03/2010) 
• ISPAN Newsletter no. 9 (01/02/2010)
• ISPAN Press release no. 5 (31/01/2010)
• ISPAN Press release no. 4 (31/01/2010)
• ISPAN Press release no. 3 (29/01/2010)
• ISPAN International Announcement (29/01/2010)
• ICOMOS E-news no. 53 Special Edition on Haiti (26/01/2010)
• Blue Shield Statement on Haiti (14/01/2010), [Spanish]
• Message from the ICOMOS President following the earthquake in Haiti (13/01/2010)
• ICOMOS General Assembly resolution 2008/1 on "Protecting vernacular heritage in the aftermath of natural disasters" (04/10/2008)

Français

• Communiqué de presse - Actions du Bouclier Bleu pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine haïtien (22/03/2010) 
• Bulletin de l'ISPAN no. 9 (01/02/2010)
• ISPAN note de presse no. 5 (31/01/2010)
• ISPAN note de presse no. 4 (31/01/2010)
• ISPAN note de presse no. 3 (29/01/2010)
• ISPAN Avis international (29/01/2010)
• ICOMOS E-news no. 53 Edition Spéciale sur Haïti (26/01/2010)
• Communiqué du Bouclier bleu sur Haïti (14/01/2010), [Espagnol] 
• Message du Président de l'ICOMOS suite au séisme en Haïti (13/01/2010)
• Résolution de l’Assemblée Générale ICOMOS 2008/1 « Protéger le patrimoine vernaculaire à la suite de catastrophes naturelles »

Underwater cultural heritage at risk:  Managing natural and human impacts  Patrimoine culturel subaquatique en peril: Gérer les impacts naturels et humains  Patrimonio cultural subacuatico en peligro: Gestion del impacto natural y humano

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Contents

• Introduction to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage - Guido Carducci
• Foreword - Michael Petzet
• Introduction - Robert Grenier
• ICOMOS & Heritage at Risk
• It's All About the 'P's! - Rick Stanley
• Florida's Underwater Archaeological Preserves: Preservation through Education - Della A. Scott-Ireton
• Marine Aggregates and Prehistory - Antony Firth
• The Queen of Nations: A Shipwreck with Influence - David Nutley
• RMS Titanic - Ole Varmer
• The Sound of Campeche: A Place Full of History - Pilar Luna E.
• The Monte Cristi "Pipe Wreck" - Jerome Lynn Hall
• Foundations in Management of Maritime Cultural Heritage in the Cayman Islands - Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton
• The Long Struggle between Santa Fe and the San Javier River - Javier Garcia Cano
  La larga lucha de Santa Fé contra el rio San Javier- Javier Garcia Cano [Espanol]
• Pre-Colonial Fish Traps on the South Western Cape Coast, South Africa -John Gribble
• Protected Zones and Partnerships: Their Application and Importance to Underwater Cultural Heritage Management - David Nutley
• Old Shipwrecks and New Dredging: An Elizabethan Ship in the Thames -Antony Firth
• The Playa Damas Shipwreck: An Early 16th-Century Shipwreck in Panama -Filipe Castro and Carlos Fitzgerald
• The Sad Case of the ss Maori - John Gribble
• Atherley Narrows Fish Weirs - R. James Ringer
• The Four Commandments: The Response of Hong Kong SAR to the Impact of Seabed Development on Underwater Cultural Heritage - Cosmos Coroneos
• Port Royal, Jamaica: Archaeological Past and Development Potential-Donny L. Hamilton
• In Situ Site Stabilization: The William Salthouse Case Study - Mark Staniforth
• A Cheap and Effective Method of Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage -Cosmos Coroneos
• The In Situ Protection of a Dutch Colonial Vessel in Sri Lankan Waters - M. R. Manders
• La Protection in situ d'un navire colonial hollandais dans les eaux du Sri Lanka - M. R. Manders [Français] [Español]

• Managing Threats to Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites: The Yongala as a Case Study - Andrew Viduka
• To Dig or Not to Dig? The Example of the Shipwreck of the Elizabeth and Mary - Marc-André Bernier
  Fouiller ou ne pas fouiller? Le cas de l'épave du Elizabeth and Mary-Marc-André Bernier [Français]
• Japanese Midget Sub at Pearl Harbor: Collaborative Maritime Heritage Preservation - Hans Van Tilburg
• The In Situ Protection of a 17th Century Trading Vessel in the Netherlands- M. R. Manders
  La protection in situ d'un navire marchand du XVIIè siècle aux Pays-Bas- M. R. Manders [Français]
  La proteccion in situ de un navio mercante del siglo XVII en los Paises Bajos- M. R. Manders [Español]
• Orio IV: The Archaeological Investigation of an Ore Carrier (patache venaquero) from the 16th-Century - Manuel Izaguirre
  Orio IV: La investigacion arqueologica de un patache venaquero del siglo XVI - Manuel Izaguirre[Español]
• HMS Swift: Scientific Research and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Argentina - Dolores Elkin
• The USS Monitor: In Situ Preservation and Recovery - John D. Broadwater
• The Molasses Reef Wreck - Donald H. Keith
• Strategic Options with Regards to "Public Access -Awareness Raising" in Portugal - Francisco J. S. Alves
  Options stratégiques dans le domaine du concept "public access-raising awareness" - Francisco J. S. Alves [Français]
• Shipwreck: Threatened in Paradise - Paul F. Johnston
• The Urbieta Wreck (Gernika) Basque Country - Manuel Izaguirre
  El Pecio de Urbieta (Gernika) Pais Basco- Manuel Izaguirre[Español]
• Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in French Polynesia: Fifteen Years of Work by GRAN - Max Guérout and Robert Veccella 
• UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
• Contacts 

Edited by Jörg Haspel, Michael Petzet, Anke Zalivako and John Ziesemer
(April 2006)

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Electronic Version

The Heritage at Risk Special Edition "The Soviet Heritage and European Modernism" is available for download in PDF format. You can either download the full version (PDF, 11.3 MB)or the individual articles below. In order to open the documents, you need to have the Adobe Reader software installed on your computer. If not otherwise noted, the texts are in English.

 

The Soviet Heritage and European Modernism

• Contents
• Editorial
• MOSCOW DECLARATION on the Preservation of 20th-Century Cultural Heritage
• RESOLUTION on Konstantin Melnikov's House and Collection

Initial Statements

• Sheridan Burke, ICOMOS International Scientific Committee of the 20th Century Heritage: Twentieth-Century Heritage at Risk and the Role of ICOMOS in its Conservation
• Maristella Casciato, DOCOMOMO International: Modern Monuments and Heritage at Risk
• John Stubbs, World Monuments Fund: Mobilizing Support for Conserving 20th Century Architecture

I. The International Day for Monuments and Sites 2006 in Moscow - a Summary

• Selim Khan-Magomedov: The 20th Century in the Context of the Millennium (Text in Russian)
• Jörg Haspel: World Heritage of the 20th Century Chances for Russia from a Foreign Point of View
• Jean-Louis Cohen: Listing Le Corbusier as UNESCO World Heritage
• Jukka Jokilehto: Modern Built Heritage as World Heritage

II. Heritage Saved from Risk - Case Studies from Moscow and the Former Soviet Union

• Maija Kairamo: The Restoration of Viipuri Library, an International Pilot Project
• Marina Khrustaleva: "Bright future"  the Symbolic Potential of New Life for the Commune House (Text in Russian)
• Boris Pasternak: Burevestnik Factory Club. Short Notes on the Restoration and Conversion Project
• Alexander Lozhkin: House of Science and Culture , the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Novosibirsk (Text in Russian)

III. "Heritage at Risk" & Case Studies from Moscow and the Former Soviet Union

• Anke Zalivako: 2000 & 2006: Monitoring Moscow's Avant-garde Architecture
• Natalia Dushkina: From "Metropolitan" to "Underground"
• Clementine Cecil: The Melnikov House-Studio
• Irina Chepkunova: Architectural Avant-garde in the Moscow Suburbs
• Andrey Chernichov: Preservation and Development of Iakov Chernichov's Heritage- The Water Tower of the Cable Factory of the "Krasnyj Gvozdilshik" Plant (1930-1931)
• Margarita Shtiglits: Monuments of Industrial Architecture of the Leningrad Avant-garde Movement (Text in Russian)
• Alexander Buryak / Irina Kraizer: Stylistic Attribution of the Dzerzhinsky Square (Freedom Square) in Kharkov (Text in Russian)
• Igor Martynenko: Demolition of Architectural Monuments under the Pretence of their Restoration: From Theory to Criminal Practice (Text in Russian)
• Tatyana Budantseva: Modernist Heritage of Sverdlovsk Today
• Tatyana Vinogradova: Works by the Engineer Vladimir Shukhov in the Nizhny Novgorod Region (Text in Russian)

IV. World Heritage Sites of the 20th Century ? German Case Studies

• Omar Akbar: Bauhaus and Heritage
• Monika Markgraf: Conservation and Preservation of the Bauhaus Building in Dessau
• Michael Siebenbrodt: The House "Am Horn" in Weimar . Bauhaus site and World Heritage site: Construction, Usage and Preservation (Text in German)
• Norbert Mendgen: Preservation and Re-use of the Blast Furnace Site: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Völklingen Ironworks"
• Walter Busch: The architects Schupp & Kremmer and their contribution to the World Heritage of the 20th Century: "Zollverein" Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen and Mines of Rammelsberg in Goslar (Text in German)
• Jörg Haspel: The Heritage of the Berlin Modern Style. Nomination of Housing Estates for Inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List

V. Moscow - Berlin: Interchanges and Heritage of the 20th Century

• Anke Zalivako: Connections between Germany and Soviet Russia's Avant-garde Architecture. Examples from the 1920s in Berlin and Moscow (Text in Russian)
• Winfried Brenne: Practical Experience with the Buildings of the Avant-garde in Berlin and East Germany
• Alexey Vorontsov: The Bakhmetevsky Bus Depot (Text in Russian)
• Annemarie Jaeggi: Relations between the Bauhaus and the Russian Avant-garde as Documented in the Collection of the Bauhaus Archive Berlin
• Aleksey Ginzburg: The Narkomfin Building
• Tatyana Tsareva: Residential Settlements in Moscow in the 1920s. Methodical Approaches for Establishing Special Rehabilitation Programs (Text in Russian)
• Evgenya Dutlova: The History of the Construction of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses in Moscow (State Kremlin Palace)

ICOMOS Germany

• Monuments of Modern Architecture at Risk & Case Study Berlin

Annexes

• Photo Credits
• Colour Plates
• Contact Information
• Authors

Cultural heritage and natural disasters:
Risk preparedness and the limits of prevention

Kulturerbe und Naturkatastrophen:
Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Prävention

Heritage at Risk - Special Edition 2007

Edited by Hans-Rudolf Meier, Michael Petzet and Thomas Will

Download the publication The Heritage at Risk Special Edition "Cultural heritage and natural disasters: Risk preparedness and the limits of prevention / Kulturerbe und Naturkatastrophen: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Prävention" is available for download in PDF format [10.5 Mb].