Abstract
The desire to innovate is useful, indeed necessary, in research into the history of building. Advances in technology in addition to the widening of the field of enquiry in recent decades present us with challenges as well as many opportunities in this discipline. The constant pressure to innovate, the uncritical adoption of every trend, is harmful, however. The important thing is to focus on what is essential; what is tried and tested should be preserved and cultivated carefully and further developed in a considered way. The core approach in building research - perceiving and explaining historical buildings or their remains by means of close scrutiny, however that may be effected - has shown itself to be a reliable method in a variety of fields over many years, and it is capable of dealing with whatever requirements may be made of it in the future. In this process, innovation is welcome wherever it is applied not unthinkingly but judiciously.
| Translated title of the contribution | Bauforschungsperspektiven. The desire to innovate - The pressure to innovate |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 223-239 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Archaologischer Anzeiger |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | Published - 2007 |
