
Towers and Domes
F. Escrig(Author)
WIT Press
Published on 31. December 1997
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-1-85312-437-2 (ISBN)
Description
Detailing the evolution of towers and domes from a structural viewpoint, this highly illustrated book is written as two essays running parallel, one textual, the other graphic, rather than as a detailed study on technical or mathematical concepts.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85312-437-2 (9781853124372)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The Architecture for Survival; The Great Architecture of Nature; Piled Stones; Arguments of Authority; Inventing Architecture Again; Petrified Woods; Against Vegetal Architecture; Dreams of Reason; Domesticated Nature.