Developments in Structural Form - Softcover

Mainstone, Professor Rowland J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140065032 ISBN 13: 9780140065039

Publisher: Penguin, 1983

Synopsis

An introduction to the mechanistic world of architectural structures which considers the physical principles of structures, the materials of which they are made, the ways in which they may be built, and the history of man's involvement with them.

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Review

'This is a remarkable book, conceived in an original way and one which, so far as I know, has not previously been attempted.'
Sir John Summerson.

'This book should be an inspiration to all architects. . . (it) will become a classic in the history of conservation. . . a remarkable book. It must be studied.'
Sir Bernard Feilden

'Mainstone has been everywhere and seen everything. This is a book for architects, structural engineers and architectural historians - and also for anyone interested in the genesis of structural form.'
Architectural Research Quarterly

About the Author

Rowland Mainstone is an honorary architect as well as being a civil and structural engineer. Though chiefly engaged for some 30 years in research into many aspects of the design of buildings and bridges today, he has also undertaken extensive studies of their earlier history. More recently he has been a consultant on the structural conservation of historic buildings and a visiting professor of architecture and structure at several universities in this country and abroad.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140065032
• ISBN 13: 9780140065039
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352