ABSTRACT
In the introduction of a work published in 2007, Spanish art historian Ascención Hernández Martínez wrote, ‘If we observe the recent proliferation of architectural clones, from old buildings or key buildings of the architecture of the twentieth century, we must conclude that this is not a fragmentary or episodical phenomenon, but a true trend of which the motivations should be known’ (14). 1 The ICOMOS adopted a resolution, in its 17th general assembly in Paris in 2011, to initiate a debate on this growing phenomenon, ‘noting the increasing disregard of existing theoretical principles for the justification of reconstruction, and a new tendency towards significant commercialization of reconstruction activities’ (Resolution 17GA 2011/39). The ICOMOS ultimately conducted an online survey in 2014 on the permissibility and standards for reconstruction of monuments and sites.
