Developments in Structural Form - Hardcover

Mainstone, Professor Rowland J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750628936 ISBN 13: 9780750628938

Publisher: Architectural Press, 1998

Synopsis

This text 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

'It is a treat to have a second edition of such a treasured book.'
Tony Hunt, The Architectural Review

'No other single volume challenges this new edition of Mainstone as an informed and readable account of its fascinating subject.'
Construction History

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: Architectural Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750628936
• ISBN 13: 9780750628938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384