STREMAH 2005 is the ninth international conference on Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture. The meeting, which has taken place on a regular basis over the last 15 years, has become an event attracting specialists from all over the world. It offers a channel for the state-of-the-art technology and the most up-to-date scientific discoveries to be applied to the conservation of our architectural heritage.

The importance of the architectural heritage for the historical identity of a region, town or nation is now widely recognised throughout the world. In order to take care of our heritage we need to look beyond borders and continents to benefit from the experience gained from others and to gain a better understanding of its cultural background.

This series of conferences, marks an important contribution as each meeting gathers the most recent advances in research and up-to-date studies of heritage buildings and makes them accessible to wide circles of interested people. STREMAH is now well established as the most important conference of its type.

This successful series first started in Florence (1989) and continued in Seville (1991), Bath (1993), Crete (1995), San Sebastian (1997), Dresden (1999), Bologna (2001) and Halkidiki (2003).

For further information about this conference please visit the conference website at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2005/str05/index.html or contact the Conference Secretariat at adarcy-burt@wessex.ac.uk