diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index 56f07847..820466d7 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 
 <tr valign=top><td><b>6.0</b> (?/?/?)</td><td>
 
+<b>Core</b>
+<ul>
+<li>Added a couple of methods to enable more efficient adding of batches of vertices (Without resizing property vectors) </li>
+</ul>
+
 <b>IO</b>
 <ul>
 <li>Obj reader: added texCoord3d functions to objloader</li>
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/ArrayKernel.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/ArrayKernel.hh
index b83b2e1e..388c9267 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/ArrayKernel.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/ArrayKernel.hh
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ public:
 
 public:
 
+  /**
+   * \brief Add a new vertex.
+   *
+   * If you are rebuilding a mesh that you previously erased using clean() or
+   * clean_keep_reservation() you probably want to use new_vertex_dirty()
+   * instead.
+   *
+   * \sa new_vertex_dirty()
+   */
   inline VertexHandle new_vertex()
   {
     vertices_.push_back(Vertex());
@@ -217,6 +226,24 @@ public:
     return handle(vertices_.back());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Same as new_vertex() but uses PropertyContainer::resize_if_smaller() to
+   * resize the vertex property container.
+   *
+   * If you are rebuilding a mesh that you erased with clean() or
+   * clean_keep_reservation() using this method instead of new_vertex() saves
+   * reallocation and reinitialization of property memory.
+   *
+   * \sa new_vertex()
+   */
+  inline VertexHandle new_vertex_dirty()
+  {
+    vertices_.push_back(Vertex());
+    vprops_resize_if_smaller(n_vertices());//TODO:should it be push_back()?
+
+    return handle(vertices_.back());
+  }
+
   inline HalfedgeHandle new_edge(VertexHandle _start_vh, VertexHandle _end_vh)
   {
 //     assert(_start_vh != _end_vh);
@@ -294,23 +321,26 @@ public:
                           std_API_Container_FHandlePointer& fh_to_update,
                           bool _v=true, bool _e=true, bool _f=true);
 
-  /** \brief Clear the whole mesh
-   *
-   *  This will remove all properties and elements from the mesh
-   */
+  /// \brief Does the same as clean() and in addition erases all properties.
   void clear();
 
-  /** \brief Reset the whole mesh
+  /** \brief Remove all vertices, edges and faces and deallocates their memory.
    *
-   *  This will remove all elements from the mesh but keeps the properties
+   * In contrast to clear() this method does neither erases the properties
+   * nor clears the property vectors. Depending on how you add any new entities
+   * to the mesh after calling this method, your properties will be initialized
+   * with old values.
+   *
+   * \sa clean_keep_reservation()
    */
   void clean();
 
-  /** \brief Reset the whole mesh
+  /** \brief Remove all vertices, edges and faces but keep memory allocated.
    *
-   *  This will remove all elements from the mesh but keeps the properties.
-   *  In contrast to clean() the memory used for the elements will remain
-   *  allocated.
+   * This method behaves like clean() (also regarding the properties) but
+   * leaves the memory used for vertex, edge and face storage allocated. This
+   * leads to no reduction in memory consumption but allows for faster
+   * performance when rebuilding the mesh.
    */
   void clean_keep_reservation();
 
@@ -479,6 +509,16 @@ public:
   StatusInfo&                               status(VertexHandle _vh)
   { return property(vertex_status_, _vh); }
 
+  /**
+   * Reinitializes the status of all vertices using the StatusInfo default
+   * constructor, i.e. all flags will be set to false.
+   */
+  void reset_status() {
+      PropertyT<StatusInfo> &status_prop = property(vertex_status_);
+      PropertyT<StatusInfo>::vector_type &sprop_v = status_prop.data_vector();
+      std::fill(sprop_v.begin(), sprop_v.begin() + n_vertices(), StatusInfo());
+  }
+
   //----------------------------------------------------------- halfedge status
   const StatusInfo&                         status(HalfedgeHandle _hh) const
   { return property(halfedge_status_, _hh);  }
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/BaseKernel.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/BaseKernel.hh
index 9c6d95af..9a452916 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/BaseKernel.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/BaseKernel.hh
@@ -646,11 +646,26 @@ public: //----------------------------------------------------- element numbers
 
 protected: //------------------------------------------- synchronize properties
 
+  /// Reserves space for \p _n elements in all vertex property vectors.
   void vprops_reserve(size_t _n) const { vprops_.reserve(_n); }
+
+  /// Resizes all vertex property vectors to the specified size.
   void vprops_resize(size_t _n) const { vprops_.resize(_n); }
+
+  /**
+   * Same as vprops_resize() but ignores vertex property vectors that have
+   * a size larger than \p _n.
+   *
+   * Use this method instead of vprops_resize() if you plan to frequently reduce
+   * and enlarge the property container and you don't want to waste time
+   * reallocating the property vectors every time.
+   */
+  void vprops_resize_if_smaller(size_t _n) const { vprops_.resize_if_smaller(_n); }
+
   void vprops_clear() {
     vprops_.clear();
   }
+
   void vprops_swap(unsigned int _i0, unsigned int _i1) const {
     vprops_.swap(_i0, _i1);
   }
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT.hh
index 9ea65535..04e87def 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT.hh
@@ -192,10 +192,21 @@ public:
       Use them to assign two meshes of \b equal type.
       If the mesh types vary, use PolyMeshT::assign() instead. */
 
-   // --- creation ---
+  // --- creation ---
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Adds a new default-initialized vertex.
+   *
+   * \sa new_vertex(const Point&), new_vertex_dirty()
+   */
   inline VertexHandle new_vertex()
   { return Kernel::new_vertex(); }
 
+  /**
+   * \brief Adds a new vertex initialized to a custom position.
+   *
+   * \sa new_vertex(), new_vertex_dirty()
+   */
   inline VertexHandle new_vertex(const Point& _p)
   {
     VertexHandle vh(Kernel::new_vertex());
@@ -203,9 +214,32 @@ public:
     return vh;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Same as new_vertex(const Point&) but never shrinks, only enlarges the
+   * vertex property vectors.
+   *
+   * If you are rebuilding a mesh that you erased with ArrayKernel::clean() or
+   * ArrayKernel::clean_keep_reservation() using this method instead of
+   * new_vertex(const Point &) saves reallocation and reinitialization of
+   * property memory.
+   *
+   * \sa new_vertex(const Point &)
+   */
+  inline VertexHandle new_vertex_dirty(const Point& _p)
+  {
+    VertexHandle vh(Kernel::new_vertex_dirty());
+    this->set_point(vh, _p);
+    return vh;
+  }
+
+  /// Alias for new_vertex(const Point&).
   inline VertexHandle add_vertex(const Point& _p)
   { return new_vertex(_p); }
 
+  /// Alias for new_vertex_dirty().
+  inline VertexHandle add_vertex_dirty(const Point& _p)
+  { return new_vertex_dirty(_p); }
+
   // --- normal vectors ---
 
   /** \name Normal vector computation
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyContainer.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyContainer.hh
index 1b5ec1c1..53584bb2 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyContainer.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyContainer.hh
@@ -200,17 +200,83 @@ public:
 
   //---------------------------------------------------- synchronize properties
 
+/*
+ * In C++11 an beyond we can introduce more efficient and more legible
+ * implementations of the following methods.
+ */
+#if (_MSC_VER >= 1900 || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)) && !defined(OPENMESH_VECTOR_LEGACY)
+  /**
+   * Reserves space for \p _n elements in all property vectors.
+   */
+  void reserve(size_t _n) const {
+    std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(),
+            [_n](BaseProperty* p) { if (p) p->reserve(_n); });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resizes all property vectors to the specified size.
+   */
+  void resize(size_t _n) const {
+    std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(),
+            [_n](BaseProperty* p) { if (p) p->resize(_n); });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Same as resize() but ignores property vectors that have a size larger
+   * than \p _n.
+   *
+   * Use this method instead of resize() if you plan to frequently reduce
+   * and enlarge the property container and you don't want to waste time
+   * reallocating the property vectors every time.
+   */
+  void resize_if_smaller(size_t _n) const {
+    std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(),
+            [_n](BaseProperty* p) { if (p && p->n_elements() < _n) p->resize(_n); });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Swaps the items with index \p _i0 and index \p _i1 in all property
+   * vectors.
+   */
+  void swap(size_t _i0, size_t _i1) const {
+    std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(),
+            [_i0, _i1](BaseProperty* p) { if (p) p->swap(_i0, _i1); });
+  }
+#else
+  /**
+   * Reserves space for \p _n elements in all property vectors.
+   */
   void reserve(size_t _n) const {
     std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(), Reserve(_n));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Resizes all property vectors to the specified size.
+   */
   void resize(size_t _n) const {
     std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(), Resize(_n));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Same as \sa resize() but ignores property vectors that have a size
+   * larger than \p _n.
+   *
+   * Use this method instead of \sa resize() if you plan to frequently reduce
+   * and enlarge the property container and you don't want to waste time
+   * reallocating the property vectors every time.
+   */
+  void resize_if_smaller(size_t _n) const {
+    std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(), ResizeIfSmaller(_n));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Swaps the items with index \p _i0 and index \p _i1 in all property
+   * vectors.
+   */
   void swap(size_t _i0, size_t _i1) const {
     std::for_each(properties_.begin(), properties_.end(), Swap(_i0, _i1));
   }
+#endif
 
 
 
@@ -273,6 +339,13 @@ private:
     size_t n_;
   };
 
+  struct ResizeIfSmaller
+  {
+    ResizeIfSmaller(size_t _n) : n_(_n) {}
+    void operator()(BaseProperty* _p) const { if (_p && _p->n_elements() < n_) _p->resize(n_); }
+    size_t n_;
+  };
+
   struct ClearAll
   {
     ClearAll() {}