The future cannot and should not be built at the expense of the past

The Center for Advanced Studies in Integrated Conservation – CECI, is opening a call for papers for a special edition in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Manifest of Amsterdam.

Call for Papers
“The future cannot and should not be built at the expense of the past.”
The Declaration of Amsterdam, 1975.

The year of 1975 was considered the European Architectural Heritage Year. Delegates from all European member states spent considerable efforts for adopting necessary legislative, administrative, financial and educational steps to implement a policy focused on architectural heritage protection based on integrated conservation principles.

In Amsterdam (Netherland), from 21 to 25 October 1975 in the same year, private and public institutions, politicians and European experts met for discussing guidelines and actions to be taken for promoting a common policy for cultural heritage protection within new paradigms. more…