Architectural Technology up to the Scientific Revolution; The Art and Structure of Large-Scale Buildings
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. First edition. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. xvi, 252, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Very Good. Item #21607
This book examines innovative structures in eras that saw the development of new, large-scale building types and describes the modern scientific tools for clarifying the technological circumstances and the design techniques employed by pre-Enlightenment builders. Illustrated with more than 200 diagrams and photographs, chapters follow a sequence from the ground up - looking at the most generally taught western monuments in light of soils and foundations; walls and other masonry; piers, arches, and buttresses; masonry domes and vaults; and timber roofs and spires.
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