This is a companion volume to Seismic Stabilization of Historic Abode Structures: Final Report of the Getty Seismic Abode Project, and it offers guidance for planners, architects and engineers in the retrofitting of historic and culturally significant abode structures. The text consists of two parts: a planning guide, which outlines the fundamental conservation principles and preparatory steps in the design of a plan, and an engineering guide, which describes the types of earthquake damage typically encountered in historic abode buildings and presents detailed technical procedures for...

Between the ninth and fourteenth century, hundreds of architecturally exquisite Byzantine churches, many of them adorned with beautiful frescoes, were built in the area now known as the Republic of Macedonia. The condition of these buildings has been of ongoing concern because of deterioration and destruction from forces both human and natural, including devastating earthquakes. This book summarizes the results of a four-year study to develop and test seismic retrofitting techniques for the repair and strengthening of the ancient Byzantine churches still in existence.