The second volume of Industrial Topography is devoted to the Karlovy Vary Region. Book localizes 407 buildings and sites in 284 items, contains 8 maps and 316 images.

The book is part of a project carried out by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University with the support of the Ministry of Culture’s programme of applied research on national and cultural identity (NAKI). Its objective is to map industrial heritage in the regions of the Czech Republic. It identifies values and draws attention to the heritage passed down from the industrial age and it seeks opportunities for their adapted new use.

Dita Dvořáková (ed.), Industrial Topography / Karlovy Vary Region, Prague 2011.

224 pages; Czech, English/German introduction and editorial; 316 images; ISBN 978-80-01-04919-8 / authors Lukáš Beran, Milan Dospěl, Dita Dvořáková, Veronika Fousková, Benjamin Fragner, Hana Hlušičková, Pavel Jákl, Miroslav Kindl, Zuzana Křenková, Viktor Mácha, Adéla Poubová, Vladislava Valchářová, Jan Vaňata, Petr Vorlík, Lubomír Zeman, Jan Zikmund, Michal Zlámaný / contributing editorial work Irena Lehkoživová, Simona Marková, Michael Rund, Tomáš Řepa, Lukáš Smola, Milan Starec, Dalibor Vondraš, Martin Vonka / proofreading Hana Hlušičková / translation Robin Cassling, Susanne Spurná / scientific review Pavel Halík / graphic design Jan Forejt / typesetting and print Studio Element / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague in conjunction with the Technical Monuments Committee of the Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and Technicians and the Czech Union of Civil Engineers and the Association of Historical Settlements in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia

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