Heritage Restoration of Buildings and the Built Community
A. Guiding Principles for the Restoration of Heritage Buildings and the Built Environment.
These are international & national recognized Dos and Don’ts of physical intervention of the built environment of heritage structures.
a. Venice Charter:
https://www.icomos.org/charters/venice_e.pdf
INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FOR THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF MONUMENTS AND SITES (THE VENICE CHARTER 1964)
b. Appleton Charter
http://www.icomos.org/charters/appleton.pdf
Appleton Charter for the Protection and Enhancement of the Built Environment
Published by ICOMOS Canada under the auspices of the English-
Speaking Committee, Ottawa, Canada, August 1983
c. NATIONAL TRUST for CANADA
http://archive.nationaltrustcanada.ca
Heritage Links
http://archive.nationaltrustcanada.ca/heritage-links
d. The Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada is the result of a major collaborative effort among federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments, heritage conservation professionals, heritage developers, and many individual Canadians:
http://www.historicplaces.ca/media/7209/sandg_en.pdf
e. Ontario Heritage Trust:
http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca
Eight Guiding Principles in the Conservation of Built Heritage:
http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/publications/InfoSheet_8%20Guiding_Principles.pdf
Eight guiding principles in the conservation of historic properties:
http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/user_assets/documents/HIS-005-Eight-guiding-principles-ni-the-conservation-of-historic-properties-ENG.pdf
f. Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport
Ontario Heritage Act:
http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/heritage/heritage_act.shtml
g. ICCROM:
The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) is an intergovernmental organization working in service to its Member States to promote the conservation of all forms of cultural heritage, in every region of the world