Light, wind, and structure : the mystery of the master builders /
Robert Mark
- McGraw-Hill Edition.
- New York : McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., c1990.
- xvii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
- New liberal arts series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series foreword -- Preface -- 1. Problems of technological interpretations in historic architecture -- 2. The technology of light, wind, and structure -- 3. Reinterpreting ancient roman structure -- 4. Structural experimentation in high gothic architecture -- 5. Christopher Wren, Seventeenth-century science, and great renaissance domes -- 6. The technological legacy of historic architecture -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.
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ARCHITECTURE--COMPOSITION, PROPORTION, ETC. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS.