Light Wind & Structure: The Mystery Of The Master Builders

Mark Robert

ISBN 10: 026213246X / ISBN 13: 9780262132466

Published by The MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts 1990 (New Li, 1990

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28.0 x 19.0cms 209pp b/w illusts maps & diagrams very good good hardback & dustwrapper This book shows how an understanding of the technology of historical architecture can illuminate costly misconceptions of structural elements. It focuses on three eras - ancient Rome the period of structural experimentation in High Gothic architecture & the era of the great Renaissance domes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Light Wind & Structure: The Mystery Of The Master Builders
• Publisher: The MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts 1990 (New Li
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026213246X
• ISBN 13: 9780262132466
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Discusses the structure of ancient Roman, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture, uses computer modeling to analyze early design methods, and looks at technological mistakes in modern architecture

Review

" Students of architecture and the history of art, as well as architects, can benefit from this book - one of the most objective historical accounts of structure and form we are likely to find." - Philip Arcidi, "Progressive Architecture" " Guided by a sleuth's compulsion, Mark has left no stone unturned to explain how the Pantheon and Hagia Sophia domes really work, how and why the French Gothic cathedrals evolved, the subtlety of the design of St. Paul's Cathedral, and the variety of more or less correctly designed high-rise structures of our time. . . . This book should be carefully read." - Mario Salvadori, "Architecture" & quot; Students of architecture and the history of art, as well as architects, can benefit from this book - one of the most objective historical accounts of structure and form we are likely to find.& quot; - Philip Arcidi, Progressive Architecture & quot; Guided by a sleuth's compulsion, Mark has left no stone unturned to explain how the Pantheon and Hagia Sophia domes really work, how and why the French Gothic cathedrals evolved, the subtlety of the design of St. Paul's Cathedral, and the variety of more or less correctly designed high-rise structures of our time. . . . This book should be carefully read.& quot; - Mario Salvadori, Architecture "Guided by a sleuth's compulsion, Mark has left no stone unturned to explain how the Pantheon and Hagia Sophia domes really work, how and why the French Gothic cathedrals evolved, the subtlety of the design of St. Paul's Cathedral, and the variety of more or less correctly designed high-rise structures of our time. . . . This book should be carefully read."- Mario Salvadori, "Architecture" "Students of architecture and the history of art, as well as architects, can benefit from this book - one of the most objective historical accounts of structure and form we are likely to find." - Philip Arcidi, "Progressive Architecture"