Enhancing Fire Protection in Heritage Buildings: A Two-Decade Review
Over the past 20 years, the fire protection of heritage buildings in Sweden has seen significant improvements through the installation...
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Protecting Old Books from Water and Extinguishing Substances
Old books and manuscripts are exposed to various risks, including damage from water and extinguishing substances. Since conservation efforts are...
Titian Painting damaged during Fire: Images of Removal Operations
Few days after the fire has damaged the Titian's painting "David and Goliath" (fire started on September 1st near the...
Fire at Restoration Center in Moscow (Russia)
On July 21, 2010, a blaze has killed two firefighters in a Moscow restoration center. Several paintings and icons stored...
White House Compound Fire (USA)
On December 19, 2007, offices in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House were damaged by smoke and...
Restoration of Sungnyemun Gate, Seoul (Korea)
Sungnyemun (Namdaemun) Gate, Seoul in 2013 By DoulosCore at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39905526 On Feb. 11, 2008, a...
Anna Amalia Library Fire – Weimar (Germany)
The building of the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar after del 2004 fire - Michak, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via...
240.000$ Damages to Restore Books after Car Hit Hydrant
The California Historical Society reopened on March 2nd, 2009, after a flood damaged more than 1,500 antique and historic books...
Monna Lisa Threatened by Sprinkler in 1963
According the Art Newspaper In 1963, the most famous painting in the world, the Leonardo da Vinci's Monna Lisa, narrowly...
Water leak from hydrant in historic library
On December 23rd, 2009, in the historic library of "Accademia delle Scienze", inside the Egyptian museum in Turin (Italy), the...
Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials: a US Guideline
Cover of the Guidelines on Fire Rating of Archaic Materials and Assemblies, produced by the National Institute of Building Sciences...
